Looking Out, Looking In

Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor II

Cengage Learning, Jan 5, 2010 - Social Science - 480 pages

Used by more than a million readers, LOOKING OUT/LOOKING IN, Thirteenth Edition, continues its market-leading tradition of combining current scholarship and research with a reader-friendly voice that links course topics to students' everyday lives. This popular text motivates students to improve their interpersonal skills and sharpen their critical understanding of communication processes with diverse and compelling examples that illustrate how each student's communication skills impact both society and their own life. Show your students how and why learning the basic concepts of communication can change their relationships and their career success, with the text that engages them in theory through popular references to interpersonal concepts that are familiar in music, art, movies, and television.
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About the author

Ron Adler is professor emeritus at Santa Barbara City College, where he developed programs in interpersonal communication, business and professional communication, and communication theories. He has co-authored and edited several textbooks that address communication contexts and topics including interpersonal communication, small group communication, public speaking, assertiveness, and social skills. In addition to writing and teaching, he works with professional and business people to improve their communication on the job. Russell F. Proctor II is currently a professor at Northern Kentucky University, where he has taught since 1991. He primarily teaches courses in Interpersonal Communication (basic and advanced), and Interviewing. He won the university's Outstanding Professor Award in 1997. He is the author of numerous articles and textbooks focusing on interpersonal communication and communication education, with a particular interest in the use of feature films as instructional resources.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Looking Out, Looking In; Available Titles CourseMate Series; Cengage advantage books
• Authors: Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor II
• Edition: 13
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010
• ISBN: 0495796212, 9780495796213
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Media Studies