interplay the process of interpersonal communication 15th edition PDF

Reviews of the Interplay 15th edition ebook :

New in interplay 15th edition :

For long-time users, a quick scan of this edition will reveal some significant changes:
• A new chapter on Mediated Interpersonal Communication (Chapter 2) is devoted to the most important communication innovation in the last half-century. It offers an evenhanded, research-based exploration of the pros and cons of communicating via social media and other communication technologies. There’s also an updated comparison of interpersonal and masspersonal communication. The chapter concludes with tips on communicating competently through mediated channels. Nearly two-thirds of the chapter’s content is new to  Interplay The Process Of Interpersonal Communication 15th ed

• • A new section, “Conversation: From Monologue to Dialogue” (in Chapter 13), provides an in-depth look at enhancing face-to-face communication skills, ranging from  making casual conversation to holding civil dialogues.

•  Updated Focus on Research sidebars show how scholarship informs our view of effective (and ineffective) communication. This edition includes 17 new profiles on timely subjects including the lessons of doing a social media detox, co-cultural communication strategies among Latinx students, the value of “you” language when offering interpersonal support, softening advice with empathy (something even chatbots do), using metacommunication to restore online civility, and what it takes to create and develop new friendships.

•  Dark Side of Communication boxes address problems including the epidemic of loneliness, negative effects of smartphones on teens, why cultural appropriation is inappropriate, implicit bias and its effects, and pornography’s impact on relational quality.

• At Work boxes help readers apply scholarship to their careers. New topics include using LinkedIn for social networking, the importance of listening empathically to customers, managing conflict via email, and telling stories in job interviews.

•  Watch and Discuss features point to YouTube videos for viewing in or out of the classroom. Each is followed by discussion prompts. New video titles include “Struggles of Having a Friend with No Filter”; “I Forgot My Phone”; “Girl vs. Woman: Why Language Matters”; “Who Sounds Gay?”; “How to Turn Anxiety into Excitement”; “The Power of Forgiveness”; and “What Do You Do When Someone Just Doesn’t Like You?” Along with these features and major updates, this edition contains a multitude of new and updated material that addresses the latest communication research and changing communication practices. These include the following:

•  Chapter 1 has updated and reworked sections on “What Makes Communication Interpersonal?” and “Meanings Exist in and Among People.”

•   Chapter 3 offers new discussions on co-cultural theory and microaggressions.

•  Chapter 4 has enhanced coverage of the multifaceted nature of a healthy self-concept.

• Chapter 5’s new captioned photos (which replace Media Clip sidebars in this edition) show how the movies I, Tonya and Tall Girl illustrate principles of perception. (There are many other new captioned photos throughout the book.)

•  Chapter 6 now hosts “The Language of Choice” (which had been in the Communication Climate chapter in the 14th edition).

•  Chapter 7 includes coverage of “the still face experiment” and the key term “nonverbal immediacy.”

•  Chapter 8 takes a closer look at the value of silent listening.

• Chapter 9 identifies attributes of emotional intelligence and has new material on communicating emotions through mediated channels.

•  Chapter 11 updates and extends the discussion of boundary
  management and introduces new research on family boundary
  patterns.