Interconnections: Interpersonal Communication Foundations and Contexts - Bowman, Jonathan M.
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Do you find Twitter or Instagram more interesting than textbooks? From an interpersonal communications viewpoint, that makes perfect sense because social media connect you with your friends. Now there's a text you can easily connect with. With its intriguing anecdotes, current research and student-friendly storytelling style, INTERCONNECTIONS equips you with a solid foundation in interpersonal communication. You'll read about conflicts and communications between people that will help you apply key ideas from the latest research. Surveys help you analyze your own communication style and the…mehr

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Do you find Twitter or Instagram more interesting than textbooks? From an interpersonal communications viewpoint, that makes perfect sense because social media connect you with your friends. Now there's a text you can easily connect with. With its intriguing anecdotes, current research and student-friendly storytelling style, INTERCONNECTIONS equips you with a solid foundation in interpersonal communication. You'll read about conflicts and communications between people that will help you apply key ideas from the latest research. Surveys help you analyze your own communication style and the text provides the tools to change it--if you want. Links to clips from current TV shows bring chapter concepts to life. To help you maximize your study time, the award-winning app MindTap offers video activities, auto-graded chapter quizzes, interactive flash cards and ReadSpeaker, which will read the textbook to you.
Autorenporträt
Jonathan M. Bowman is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of San Diego and a winner of the National Communication Association's Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teaching in Higher Education, the highest teaching award in his discipline. His research focuses on communication associated with intimacy and close relationships, with recent publications addressing male friendships. He was the recipient of the WSCA Distinguished Teaching Award, the Keck Faculty Fellowship for undergraduate research, the Innovations in Experiential Education Award for his commitment to high-impact practices and USD's Outstanding Preceptor Award for excellence in teaching and advising. He serves as a mentor to undergraduates in multiple capacities, including those involved in student government, Greek life, academic honors and campus faith-based organizations. Dr. Bowman's research program investigates interpersonal and small group communication processes in a variety of contexts, with an emphasis on intimacy and self-disclosure. His work has been published in numerous scholarly journals, including COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, THE JOURNAL OF MEN'S STUDIES, SMALL GROUP RESEARCH and COMMUNICATION RESEARCH REPORTS, as well as multiple book chapters. His specialties include Interpersonal Communication, Small Group Communication, Self-Disclosure, Sex and Gender Differences, Intimacy and Friendship. Bowman is actively engaged in the NCA, working on multiple executive committees and serving as a delegate to the NCA Tuning project, a think tank that worked on developing core learning outcomes for the discipline. In addition to scholarly publications, Dr. Bowman has contributed his expertise to local and national media outlets, including newspapers, radio and television news programs.