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Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication John Stewart

Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication By John Stewart

Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication by John Stewart


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An anthology that contains articles discussing the nature of interpersonal contact, connections between verbal and nonverbal cues, person perception, listening, identity management, gender and ethnic similarities and differences, communication about sex, defensiveness, power, bullying, transformational conflict management, and dialogue.

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Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication Summary

Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication by John Stewart

This anthology offers fifty-one scholarly and popular readings, that examine a broad range of topics about interpersonal relationships, drawing from such disciplines as communication, philosophy, social science, and psychology. The thought-provoking articles discuss the nature of interpersonal contact, connections between verbal and nonverbal cues, person perception, listening, identity management, gender and ethnic similarities and differences, communication about sex, defensiveness, power, bullying, transformational conflict management, cross-cultural communication, and dialogue. This tenth edition features 23 new readings.

About John Stewart

John Stewart is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington and director of the basic interpersonal communication course. His other text is Bridges Not Walls

Table of Contents

Part I: ENTERING THE INTERPERSONAL ARENAChapter 1. Introduction to the Editor and to This Book

Chapter 2. Communication and Interpersonal CommunicationJohn Stewart: Communicating and Interpersonal Communicating*Malcolm R. Parks: Personal Relationships and HealthStuart J. Sigman: Toward Study of the Consequentiality (Not Consequences) of CommunicationSusan Scott: Fierce Conversations*Martin Buber: Elements of the Interhuman

Chapter 3. Communication Building IdentitiesJohn Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Constructing IdentitiesHarold Barrett: Maintaining the Self in Communication*Daniel Goleman, The Rudiments of Social IntelligenceAndrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith: Forming Online Identities*Leonard J. Davis: Deafness and the Riddle of Identity

Chapter 4. Verbal and Nonverbal Contact John Stewart and Carole Logan: Verbal and Nonverbal Dimensions of TalkVirginia Satir: Paying Attention to WordsMark L. Knapp and Judith A. Hall: Nonverbal Communication: Basic PerspectivesDaniel J. Canary, Michael J. Cody, and Valerie L. Manusov, Functions of Nonverbal Behavior

Part II: MAKING MEANING TOGETHERChapter 5. Inhaling: Perceiving and Listening *John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Inhaling: PerceptionJulia T. Wood: It's Only Skin Deep: Stereotyping and Totalizing Others*Rebecca Z. Shafir: Mindful ListeningJohn Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Empathic and Diaglogic Listening*Donal Carbaugh: Blackfeet Listening

Chapter 6. Exhaling: Expressing and DisclosingDavid Johnson: Being Open With and To Other People*Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: State My Path: How to Speak Persuasively, not Abrasively*Susan Campbell: I Want...Lawrence B. Rosenfeld and Jack B. Richman: What to Tell: Deciding When, how and What to Self-Disclose

Part III: RELATIONSHIPSChapter 7. Communicating with Family and FriendsJulia T. Wood: What's a Family, Anyway?*Deborah Tannen: Separating Messages from Metamessages in Family TalkSteve Duck: Our Friends, Ourselves*Deborah Tannen: Mother-Daughter Communication On-Line

Chapter 8. Communicating with Intimate Partners*Robert Hopper: Gendering the ConversationMalcolm R. Parks: Gender and Ethnic Similarities and Differences in Relational DevelopmentJulia T. Wood: Gendered Standpoints on Personal RelationshipsAlvin Cooper and Leda Sportolari: Romance in Cyberspace: Understanding Online Attraction

Part IV: BRIDGES NOT WALLSChapter 9. Coping with Communication WallsJohn Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Deception, Betrayal, and AggressionAnita L. Vangelisti: Messages that HurtJack R. Gibb: Defensive CommunicationWilliam W. Wilmot and Joyce L. Hocker: Power: The Structure of Conflict*Charles K. Atkin, Sandi W. Smith, Anthony J. Roberto, Thomas Fediuk, and Thomas Wagner: Bullying: Correlates of Verbally Aggressive Communication in Adolescents

Chapter 10. Turning Walls into BridgesJoseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall K. Stutman: Conflict and InteractionSteve Duck: Handling the Break-up of RelationshipsCommunication Spirals, Paradoxes, and Conundrums*Susan Campbell: I Hear You, and I Have a Different PerspectiveHugh and Gayle Prather: How to Resolve Issues Unmemorably

Chapter 11: Bridging Cultural DifferencesDavid Johnson: Building Relationships with Diverse IndividualsLetty Cottin Pogrebin: The Same and Different: Crossing Boundaries of Color, Culture, Sexual Preference, Disability, and AgeMarsha Houston: When Black Women Talk with White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult*Akbar Ahmed: Talking Can Stop Hate*Dawn O. Braithwaite and Charles A. Braithwaite: Which is My Good Leg? Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities

Chapter 12. Promoting DialogueDaniel Yankelovich: The Magic of DisclosureJohn Stewart and Karen Zediker: Dialogue's Basic TensionMaggie Herzig and Laura Chasin: Fostering Dialogue Across Divides*Jonathan Sacks: Turning Enemies into Friends

* Indicates a New Reading for this edition

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CIN0073384992A
9780073384993
0073384992
Bridges Not Walls: A Book About Interpersonal Communication by John Stewart
Used - Well Read
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2008-07-01
624
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