Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century

by Wolvin, Andrew D.

• ISBN13: 9781405181648
• ISBN10: 1405181648
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Bringing together top listening scholars from various scholarly disciplines and applied, real world perspectives, Listening and Human Communication offers a state-of-the-art overview of what we know and think about listening behavior in the 21st century. Crafted as an edited textbook rather than just another collection of essays, Listening and Human Communication will include student friendly features such as editorial introductions to each section and questions for further reflection at the end of each chapter.

Author Biography

Andrew D. Wolvin is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, USA. He has published extensively in the International Journal of Listening, and he is the author of several books, including Perspectives on Listening (with Carolyn Coakley, 1993), Listening (with Carolyn Coakley, 1996), Listening in the Quality Organization (1999), Handbook of Public Communication (with Roy Berko and Darlyn Wolvin, 2005), Communicating: A Social, Career and Cultural Focus (with Roy Berko and Darlyn Wolvin, 2010), and What Every Student Should Know About Listening (with Judi Brownell, 2010).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: Perspectives on Listening in the 21st Century	p. 1
Theoretical Overview of Listening	p. 5
Listening Engagement: Intersecting Theoretical Perspectives	p. 7
Listening Research Methods	p. 31
Qualitative Research: Critical for Understanding Listening	p. 33
Quantitative Research in Listening: Explication and Overview	p. 46
Listening as a Cognitive and Relational Activity	p. 95
What is Going on in the Mind of a Listener? The Cognitive Psychology of Listening	p. 97
Listening: A Dialogic Perspective	p. 127
The Skills of Listening-Centered Communication	p. 141
Listening in a Second Language	p. 158
Listening in Contexts	p. 179
Listening Practices: Are We Getting Any Better?	p. 181
Listening Pedagogy: Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 193
Perspectives on Intercultural Listening	p. 225
Listening in Spirituality and Religion	p. 239
The Integrative Listening Model: An Approach to Teaching and Learning Listening	p. 266
Index	p. 287
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