Communication in Our Lives

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Thomson, Wadsworth, 2006 - Drama - 473 pages
This text provides your students with a powerful combination of exceptional skills development backed by unique attention to the research and theory of today's most prominent communication scholars. Your students will find everything they need to strengthen their public speaking, group, media literacy and interpersonal skills--and enrich their appreciation of communication's constant value to their lives. With Communication in Our Lives' wonderfully integrated attention to diversity, conversational narrative style, and the most integrated and current technology package available, your students are sure to understand human communication and become effective communicators in today's mediated world.

About the author (2006)

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 and on 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. She has published 25 books and 100 articles and book chapters. In addition, she has presented more than 100 papers at professional conferences and campuses around the United States. She has received 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.

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