For courses in Introduction to Communication
A comprehensive overview of the theory, research, and skills of communication
Human Communication: The Basic Course provides an in-depth look at the fundamental concepts and principles of human communication. Writing for students with little prior background in the discipline, author Joseph DeVito provides the significant foundation needed for more specialised study of interpersonal, small group, and organisational communication, as well as public speaking. The Fourteenth Edition fully integrates the latest research as well as new examples, exercises, and photos to keep the text current and pedagogically effective.
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
- 1. Fundamentals of Human Communication
- 2. Culture and Communication
- 3. Perception of Self and Others
- 4. Listening in Human Communication
- 5. Verbal Messages
- 6. Nonverbal Messages
- PART II: INTERPERSONAL, SMALL GROUP, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
- 7. Interpersonal Communication and Conversation
- 8. Interpersonal Relationship Stages and Theories
- 9. Friends, Lovers, and Families
- 10. Small Group Communication
- 11. Members and Leaders
- 12. Human Communication in the Workplace: Organizational Communication
- 13. Interpersonal, Group, and Workplace Conflict
- PART III: PUBLIC SPEAKING
- 14. Public Speaking Topics, Audiences, and Research
- 15. Supporting and Organizing Your Speech
- 16. Style and Delivery in Public Speaking
- 17. The Informative Speech
- 18. The Persuasive Speech
About the Author :
Joseph A. DeVito received a BA from Hunter College in 1960 (with a major in speech and a minor in Spanish), an MA from Temple University in 1962 (with a major in speech along with some sociology), and a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1964 (with a major in speech and a minor in linguistics). After receiving his PhD, DeVito returned to his alma mater, Hunter College-in-the-Bronx [which later became Lehman College], to teach. Later, he moved to Queens College and then to Hunter (from which he retired from full-time teaching)–all within the City University of New York. During his teaching career, DeVito taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, with a concentration on the undergraduate level and mainly on the introductory courses.
At various times, DeVito has served on the editorial boards of Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Monographs, Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, Journal of Communication, and Etc: A Review of General Semantics. He has also served as consulting editor to publishers: Random House, Harper & Row, Waveland Press, and HarperCollins. He also served as ETS coordinator of the committee to construct the DANTES Public Speaking Test for the Educational Testing Service. A prolific author, DeVito has written or edited more than 20 books in the field of communication, including The Interpersonal Communication Book, Human Communication: The Basic Course, and Essentials of Human Communication, all published by Pearson.
