INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION:
PERSPECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS

by VITO N. SILVESTRI
3rd edition, paperback, 400 pages, $27.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-204-0 

 

This text suggests how communication makes a difference between people. The first seven chapters provide discussions of the major principles and elements of interpersonal communication. Other chapters offer applications of interpersonal communication to listening, conflict management, interviewing, small group communication, and technological media influences. Each chapter ends with suggested communication experiences and job applications as ways of reality-testing concepts and communication practices. Special exercises and observational tasks are included in the Appendices.

CONTENTS

PART I: BASIC PERSPECTIVES ABOUT INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION —

Chapter 1: Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2: The Communication Self: A Reflective Connection
Chapter 3: The Nonverbal Perspective
Chapter 4: Words, Meanings and People, the Verbal Perspective
Chapter 5: Gender Perspectives: Verbal and Nonverbal
Chapter 6: Dyadic Communication: Communicating with Another Person
Chapter 7: Relational Communication
Chapter 8: Dyadic Metacommunication Perspectives

PART II: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS—

Chapter   9: Improving Dyadic Communication: Listening and Feedback Skills
Chapter 10: Dyadic Communication: Interpersonal Communication Skills with Conflict Management
Chapter 11: The Interview: Structured Dyadic Communication
Chatper 12: Small Group Communication: Multiple Informal Interaction of Self and Others
Chapter 13: Interpersonal Communication and Media Technology, A Gatekeeping Perspective

APPENDICES

Self-Indexing Exercise
Intrapersonal Communication Exercise
Dyadic Observational Exercises
Conflict Management Exercises

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . .

Vito N. Silvestri was a Professor of Communication Studies at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.