The book also features distinctive coverage of power, treating it as a central variable within all communication. The streamlined third edition also presents a variety of new examples and enhanced pedagogical features: * Developing Communication Competence boxes offer self-tests that help students assess their own communication skills and progress. Topics include nonverbal communication abilities, assertiveness, listening capabilities, and responsiveness. * Focus on Controversy boxes examine ethical issues and instances in which communication research is instrumental in debunking assumptions and pop culture myths. Coverage includes cyberaddiction, the credibility of Wikipedia, the debate over animals' linguistic abilities, and the relationship between gender and aggression. * Film School sections explore communication concepts in popular films, such as conflict management in Knocked Up and family dialectics in Juno. A unique blend of research, scholarly insight, and humor, In the Company of Others, Third Edition, is ideal for introductory communication courses.
SUPPLEMENTS * Companion Website: Provides resources for both students (aids for speeches, research, web usage, study guides) and instructors (links to a variety of communication-related websites, chapter outlines, lecture assistance, student activities) * Instructor's Manual: Includes an extensive Test Bank * Instructor's Resource CD-ROM: Features PowerPoint lecture slides and a computerized Test Bank * Student Success Manual: Offers study tips, chapter outlines and summaries, review questions, key terms, and critical thinking exercises
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