The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication
- Mark L. Knapp - State University of New York at New Paltz, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- John A. Daly - The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Well-known experts summarise theory, research, and address key issues such as personal relationships, computer-mediated communication, language, personality, skills, nonverbal communication, and communication across the 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
With twenty-six new authors and four new chapters this edition is significantly different from the previous edition. Mark Knapp and John Daly have created an important reference work which is a critical contribution to the field.
good theorectical understandings and supportive literature review
