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The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication

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The revised Fourth Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication delivers a clear, comprehensive, and exciting overview of the field of interpersonal communication. It offers graduate students and faculty an important, state-of-the-art reference work in which well-known experts summarize theory and current research. The editors also explore key issues in the field, including personal relationships, computer-mediated communication, language, personality, skills, nonverbal communication, and communication across a person's life span. This updated handbook covers a wide range of established and emerging topics, including:

Biological and Physiological Processes Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Studying Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal Communication in Work, Family, Intercultural, and Health Contexts Supportive and Divisive Transactions Social Networks

Editors Mark L. Knapp and John A. Daly have significantly contributed to the field of interpersonal communication with this important reference work—a must-have for students and scholars.

800 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1985

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September 12, 2014
Impressive tour de force into an area of health communication that is critical for understanding our healthcare system and the behavioral health drivers that shape its greatest challenges.

Add this book to your collection and develop a new frame of reference for understanding health behavior and all its connections to today's public health, primary care and to today's exciting social media and health challenges and opportunities.

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April 9, 2014
"This resource will put you at ease regarding what is known about human communication and how you can put it to use in your professional work. A desk reference and an important compendium of all things related to how and why people communicate with real life examples relevant to the most vexing challenges we face as professionals working with groups, dyads, triads, etc."
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