| PREFACE |
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| Part I ENTERING THE INTERPERSONAL ARENA |
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Editor and to This Book |
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Chapter 2 Defining Communication and Interpersonal Communication |
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John Stewart: Communicating and Interpersonal Communicating |
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David Bohm: On Communication |
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43 | (4) |
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Stuart J. Sigman: Toward Study of the Consequentiality (Not Consequences) of Communication |
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47 | (2) |
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Susan Scott: Fierce Conversations |
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49 | (8) |
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Neil Postman: The Communication Panacea |
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57 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 Defining Ourselves as Communicators |
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62 | (52) |
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John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Constructing Identities |
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64 | (12) |
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Daniel Goleman: The Rudiments of Social Intelligence |
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76 | (9) |
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Gerald Corey and Marianne Schneider-Corey: Meaning and Values |
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85 | (10) |
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Harold Barrett: Maintaining the Self in Communication |
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95 | (15) |
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Richard Rodriguez: Hispanic |
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110 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Making Contact Verbally and Non verbally |
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114 | (61) |
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John Stewart and Carole Logan: Verbal and Nonverbal Dimensions of Talk |
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115 | (26) |
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Virginia Satir: Paying Attention to Words |
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141 | (7) |
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Mark L. Knapp and Judith A. Hall: Nonverbal Communication: Basic Perspectives |
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148 | (16) |
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Daniel J. Canary, Michael J. Cody, and Valerie L. Manusov: Functions of Nonverbal Behavior |
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164 | (11) |
| Part II MAKING MEANING TOGETHER |
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Chapter 5 Understanding and Listening: Communication as Inhaling |
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175 | (63) |
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Sarah Trenholm and Arthur Jensen: Interpretive Competence: How We Perceive Individuals, Relationships, and Social Events |
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177 | (14) |
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Julia T. Wood: It's Only Skin Deep: Stereotyping and Totalizing Others |
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191 | (7) |
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Kay Lindahl: What Is Listening? |
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198 | (7) |
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Karen Kissel Wegela: Being a Good Listener |
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205 | (8) |
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John M. Gottman: Above All, Just Listen |
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213 | (6) |
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John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Empathic and Dialogic Listening |
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219 | (19) |
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Chapter 6 Engaging Others: Communication as Exhaling |
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238 | (49) |
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David W. Johnson: Being Open with and to Other People |
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240 | (9) |
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Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, and Patrick Fanning: Expressing |
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249 | (12) |
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John M. Gottman: Putting Feelings into Words |
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261 | (7) |
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Lawrence B. Rosenfeld and Jack M. Richman: What to Tell: Deciding When, How, and What to Self-Disclose |
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268 | (8) |
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Beverly Engel: Confronting Emotional Abuse |
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276 | (11) |
| Part III CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS |
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Chapter 7 Communicating with Family and Friends |
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287 | (65) |
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Stephanie Coontz: Working with What We've Got: The Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Today's Families |
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289 | (20) |
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Kathleen M. Galvin, Carma L. Bylund, and Bernard J. Brommel: Intimacy and Closeness Within Families |
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309 | (18) |
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Steve Duck: Our Friends, Ourselves |
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327 | (14) |
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John Hardwig: In Search of an Ethics of Personal Relationships |
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341 | (11) |
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Chapter 8 Communicating with Intimate Partners |
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352 | (51) |
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Gerald Corey and Marianne Schneider-Corey: Intimate Relationships |
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354 | (12) |
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Daniel J. Canary and Tara M. Emmers-Sommer, with Sandra Faulkner: Moving Beyond Sex and Gender Stereotypes |
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366 | (11) |
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Julia T. Wood: Gendered Standpoints on Personal Relationships |
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377 | (8) |
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Joyce A. Arditti and Melissa Kauffman: Staying Close When Apart: Intimacy and Meaning in Long-Distance Dating Relationships |
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385 | (7) |
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Alvin Cooper and Leda Sportolari: Romance in Cyberspace: Understanding Online Attraction |
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392 | (11) |
| Part IV BRIDGES NOT WALLS |
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Chapter 9 Recognizing Communication Walls |
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John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Deception, Betrayal, and Aggression |
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405 | (12) |
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Anita L. Vangelisti: Messages That Hurt |
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417 | (12) |
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Kenneth N. Cissna and Evelyn Sieburg: Patterns of Interactional Confirmation and Disconfirmation |
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429 | (11) |
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Robert Greene: The 48 Laws of Power |
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440 | (12) |
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William W. Wilmot and Joyce L. Hocker: Power: The Structure of Conflict |
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452 | (14) |
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Patricia Evans: Children and Verbal Abuse |
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466 | (7) |
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Chapter 10 Managing Conflict by Turning Walls into Bridges |
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473 | (68) |
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Joseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall K. Stutman: Conflict and Interaction |
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475 | (14) |
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William W. Wilmot: Communication Spirals, Paradoxes, and Conundrums |
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489 | (16) |
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Jeffrey Kottler: Taking Responsibility without Blaming |
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505 | (9) |
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Steve Duck: Handling the Break-Up of Relationships |
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514 | (9) |
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Hugh and Gayle Prather: How to Resolve Issues Unmemorably |
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523 | (10) |
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John Paul Lederach: Conflict Transformation |
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533 | (8) |
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Chapter 11 Bridging Cultural Differences |
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David W. Johnson: Building Relationships with Diverse Others |
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543 | (13) |
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The Same and Different: Crossing Boundaries of Color, Culture, Sexual Preference, Disability, and Age |
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556 | (17) |
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Pui Yee Beryl Tsang: There's a White Man in My Bed: Scenes from an Interracial Marriage |
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573 | (8) |
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Marsha Houston: When Black Women Talk with White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult |
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Chapter 12 Promoting Dialogue |
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Deborah Tannen: The Roots of Debate in Education and the Hope of Dialogue |
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592 | (8) |
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Sheila McNamee and Kenneth J. Gergen; Eero Riikonen: Relational Responsibility and Dialogue |
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600 | (6) |
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William Isaacs: A Conversation with a Center, Not Sides |
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606 | (7) |
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Karen Zediker and John Stewart: Dialogue's Basic Tension |
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613 | (10) |
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Rick Ross: Skillful Discussion: Protocols for Reaching a Decision-Mindfully |
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| Part V APPROACHES TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION |
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Chapter 13 A Teacher's Approach |
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635 | (21) |
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C. Roland Christensen: Every Student Teaches and Every Teacher Learns: The Reciprocal Gift of Discussion Teaching |
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637 | (19) |
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Chapter 14 A Counselor's Approach |
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656 | (10) |
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Carl R. Rogers: Experiences in Communication |
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658 | (8) |
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Chapter 15 A Spiritual Approach |
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666 | (13) |
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Parker J. Palmer: Leading from Within: Out of the Shadow, into the Light |
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668 | (11) |
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Chapter 16 A Philosopher's Approach |
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Martin Buber: Elements of the Interhuman |
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| PHOTO CREDITS |
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| INDEX |
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