Title
Communication Pathways
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Description from the publisher's website: From the authors of The Speaker and The Speaker’s Primer comes an innovative new textbook that covers communication curriculum in an approachable way. Communication Pathways introduces a modern approach to the survey course, with concise chapters that emphasize communication theory. The authors organize content around a communication-centric theme: dialogue. A full chapter devoted to dialogic communication unpacks the concept for students; the authors further incorporate and explicate dialogic communication as it applies to subsequent chapter concepts. This theme is unique to the text and is a central element of what the authors aim to accomplish: to create competent communicators who can advocate ideas civilly, explain complicated subjects, and disagree without being disagreeable in a variety of interactive settings.
- Dialogic communication theme unifies survey communication course content to foster student engagement and concept application
- Concise presentation offers theory-based learning that leaves room for instructor innovation
- “Mediated Moments” feature illustrates key concepts from chapters through contemporary, relatable examples
- “Dialing Diversity” boxes engage age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, and ethnicity
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-59871-807-2
Copyright
Copyright © 2015, Fountainhead Press
Publisher
Fountainhead Press
Place of Publication
Eastlake, TX
eCommons Citation
Valenzano, Joesph M.; Broeckelman-Post, Melissa A.; and Parcell, Erin S., "Communication Pathways" (2015). Communication Faculty Publications. 20.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cmm_fac_pub/20
