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Table of Contents

    • About the Author
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedications
    • Preface
    • 1Effective Interpersonal Communication
      • 1.1Getting Started
      • 1.2Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
      • 1.3Why Is It Important to Communicate Well?
      • 1.4What Is Communication?
      • 1.5Communication in Context
      • 1.6Principles of Communication
      • 1.7Your Responsibilities as a Communicator
      • 1.8Additional Resources
    • 2Interpersonal Communication and Self-Awareness

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      • 2.1Introduction

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      • 2.2Intrapersonal Communication: Our Inner Voice

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      • 2.3Self-Concept and the Johari Window

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      • 2.4Interpersonal Needs

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      • 2.5Social Penetration Theory and Self-Disclosure

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      • 2.6Emotional Intelligence

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      • 2.7Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Workers, and Soft Skills

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      • 2.8The Ritual of Conversation

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      • 2.9Additional Resources

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    • 3Language and Verbal Communication

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      • 3.1Getting Started

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      • 3.2What Is Language?

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      • 3.3Messages

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      • 3.4Multiple Meanings across Cultures

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      • 3.5Mobile Communication Messages

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      • 3.6Principles of Verbal Communication

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      • 3.7Language Can be an Obstacle to Communication

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      • 3.8Emphasis Strategies that Work

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      • 3.9Improving Verbal Communication

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      • 3.10Additional Resources

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    • 4Nonverbal Communication

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      • 4.1Introduction

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      • 4.2Principles of Nonverbal Communication

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      • 4.3Diverse Types of Nonverbal Communication

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      • 4.4A Picture Is Worth at Least a Thousand Words

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      • 4.5Improving Your Nonverbal Communication 

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      • 4.6Additional Resources

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    • 5Perception and Listening

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      • 5.1Getting Started

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      • 5.2Self-Concept and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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      • 5.3Perception

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      • 5.4Differences in Perception

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      • 5.5Getting to Know Your Audience

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      • 5.6Listening for Understanding

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      • 5.7Additional Resources

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    • 6Social Media, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication

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      • 6.1Introduction

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      • 6.2How to Understand Intercultural Communication

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      • 6.3Common Cultural Characteristics

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      • 6.4Divergent Cultural Characteristics

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      • 6.5Virtual Communication across Cultures

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      • 6.6Diverse Representations of Affiliation Online

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      • 6.7Diverse Representations of Difference Online

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      • 6.8Online Intercultural Collaboration

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      • 6.9Additional Resources

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    • 7Popular Culture and Social Change Across Cultures

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      • 7.1Introduction

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      • 7.2Popular Culture and Intercultural Communication

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      • 7.3Intercultural Communication, Relationships, and Communities

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      • 7.4Organizational Cultures and Communication

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      • 7.5Intercultural Communication and Social Change

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      • 7.6Additional Resources

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    • 8Relationships

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      • 8.1Introduction

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      • 8.2Characteristics of Healthy Interpersonal Relationships

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      • 8.3Functions of Interpersonal Relationships

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      • 8.4Principles of Relationships

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      • 8.5Types of Relationships

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      • 8.6Content vs. Relationship Messages and Common Misconceptions

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      • 8.7Skills for Starting Relationships

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      • 8.8Additional Resources

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    • 9Life Cycles of Relationships

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      • 9.1Introduction

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      • 9.2How We Engage in Conversation

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      • 9.3How We Form Relationships

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      • 9.4How We Let Go of Relationships

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      • 9.5Relational Dialectics

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      • 9.6Key Strategies for Maintaining and Improving Relationships

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      • 9.7Additional Resources

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    • 10Interpersonal Communication and Conflict

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      • 10.1Introduction

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      • 10.2Defensive and Supportive Communication

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      • 10.3Principles of Interpersonal Conflict

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      • 10.4Process of Interpersonal Conflict

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      • 10.5Conflict Management Styles

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      • 10.6Managing Conflict

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      • 10.7The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication

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      • 10.8Advantages and Disadvantages of Interpersonal Communication

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      • 10.9Family Communication and Conflict

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      • 10.10Improving Interpersonal Communication

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      • 10.11Additional Resources

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    • 11Groups and Leadership

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      • 11.1Getting Started

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      • 11.2What Is a Group?

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      • 11.3Group Problem Solving

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      • 11.4Business and Professional Meetings

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      • 11.5Leadership

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      • 11.6Family Business

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      • 11.7Additional Resources

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    • 12Negative News and Crisis Interpersonal Interactions

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      • 12.1Getting Started

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      • 12.2Delivering a Negative News Message

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      • 12.3Eliciting Negative News

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      • 12.4Crisis Communication Plan

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      • 12.5Press Conferences

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      • 12.6Additional Resources

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