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Tables of Contents for Communication Studies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
vii
ix
Introduction
1
4
PART 1: STUDYING COMMUNICATION
5
22
Studying
5
16
Communication
21
6
PART 2: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
27
26
PART 3: TEXTS AND MEANINGS IN COMMUNICATION
53
70
Communication as text
53
7
Texts and meanings
60
10
Decoding and de-coding
70
9
Words and pictures: signs and signatures
79
14
Taking the process further
93
10
Putting it back together
103
9
Some print texts and sample tasks
112
11
PART 4: COMMUNICATION PRACTICE
123
16
PART 5: THEMES IN PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
139
82
Verbal communication
139
11
Non-verbal communication
150
15
Intrapersonal communication: self and self-concept
165
10
Intrapersonal communication: ideas about the development of the self and personality
175
11
Intrapersonal communication: self and self-presentation
186
10
Group communication: what groups are and what they do
196
5
Group communication: inside groups
201
10
Group communication: how groups work and when they don't: leadership and lethargy
211
10
PART 6: USING YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO PASS EXAMINATIONS
221
18
Glossary
239
8
Resources
247
2
Bibliography
249
5
Index
254