Contexts of communication / Jean M. Civikly, editor

Includes bibliographies

Communication basics. Models and speech communication / Gerald R. Miller Communication postulates / C. David Mortensen Some tentative axioms of communication / Paul Watzlawick, Janet Helmick Beavin, and Don D. Jackson Becoming an effective communicator / Mark L. Knapp --The intrapersonal context. Self-concept formation : four principles / Morris Rosenberg Self-conception and personal aspirations / Kenneth J. Gergen Some issues in perception / David J. Schneider, Albert H. Hastorf, and Phoebe C. Ellsworth -- The interpersonal context. Self-disclosure / Ronald Adler, Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, and Neil Towne Relational stages : initiation and stabilization / William W. Wilmot The deterioration of interpersonal relationships / Michael D. Scott and William G. Powers Power, sex, and talk / Barbara Westbrook Eakins and R. Gene Eakins A review of nonverbal behaviors of women and men / Marianne LaFrance and Clara Mayo -- The small group context. The group and the individual / Lawrence B. Rosenfeld Effective participation in groups / Marvin E. Shaw Bales and the rating of group interaction / Clifford H. Swensen, Jr -- The organizational context. Individual communication roles in organizations / Everett M. Rogers and Rekha Agarwala-Rogers Communication networks / John E. Baird, Jr. Organizational game playing / Gerald M. Goldhaber -- The public communication context. Source credibility / Roderick P. Hart, Gustav W. Friedrich, and William D. Brooks Audience analysis / Jerry W. Koehler, Karl W.E. Anatol, and Ronald L. Applbaum The effects of communication apprehension on communication effectiveness / Vicki S. Freimuth --The mass communication context. Communication and the media / Robert K. Avery Similarities in patterns of media use / William R. Elliott and Cynthia P. Quattlebaum An examination of three models of television viewing and aggression / James H. Watt, Jr., and Robert Krull -- The intercultural context. Principles of communication applied interculturally / Lawrence E. Sarbaugh Does ethnic humor serve prejudice? / Lawrence La Fave and Roger Mannell Culture as an irrational force / Edward T. Hall