Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters

Julia Wood

Cengage Learning, Jan 26, 2009 - Performing Arts - 384 pages

Written by Julia T. Wood, one of the Communication field’s leading scholars, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS, Sixth Edition actively engages students in interpersonal theories, ethics, and understanding social diversity and fosters skills students will apply in their everyday encounters. Integrating the latest communication research and even greater attention (with additional exercises) devoted to active learning, the Sixth Edition of Wood’s bestseller introduces communication theories and focuses students on actively applying the skills they need to become better communicators.
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About the author

Julia Wood joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was 24. During her 37 years on the faculty, she taught classes and conducted research on personal relationships as well as gender, communication, and culture. She was named the Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Humanities and the Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor of Graduate Education. In addition to publishing 25 books and 100 articles and book chapters, she has presented more than 100 papers at professional conferences and campuses around the country. Her accolades include 14 awards honoring her teaching and 16 awards recognizing her scholarship. She received her B.A. from North Carolina State University, her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters
• Author: Julia Wood
• Edition: 6, illustrated
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2009
• ISBN: 0495567647, 9780495567646
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Social Science / Media Studies