Title
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
Document Version
Published Version
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
Included in
Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Other Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons
Comments
Chapter 1, "The Basics of Communication," is provided for download with the permission of the publisher. To order the entire volume, see the publisher's website.