Description Now in its third edition, Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, Skills (previously Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, and Skills) is a textbook for the basic (hybrid) communication course at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities.
These include the story of a student experience that opens each chapter and is discussed and used to illustrate the chapter\'s content; tables and boxes related to important topics presented to intrigue student readers and lock in learning ; self-assessment tools students can use to evaluate their own motivation, knowledge, and Skills related to real-world situations; and knowledge-building discussion questions and competen.
In addition to theoretically based but accessible content, all chapters have features designed to enhance teaching and learning. - Includes extensive coverage of mediated competence and mass communication.
Spitzberg. - Offers a unified approach to the basic processes of human communication based on a communication competence model pioneered by Brian H.
Morreale.
Kevin Barge
Public speaking, Sherwyn P.
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Small group communication, J.
Building on the success of the first two editions, this third Edition is unique in that it: - Features the collaborative work of three recognized experts in the communication discipline, each of whom is a specialist in one of the three areas covered in the hybrid iteration of the basic communication course: Interpersonal communication, Brian H.
Through a theoretically-based and skills-oriented approach, the text emphasizes the basic themes of motivation, knowledge, and Skills across the contexts of interpersonal communication, small group communication, public speaking, and computer-mediated communication and mass communication.
Beginning with the premise that all forms of communication can be important, this text helps students develop a framework for choosing communication messages and behaviors that will allow them to communicate competently in any situation.
Description Now in its third edition, Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, Skills (previously Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, and Skills) is a textbook for the basic (hybrid) communication course at 2- and 4-year colleges and universities
