Communication: Making Connections

This edition features the exact same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole- punched, loose-leaf version. Updated in a new 8th edition, this hybrid text has an unique integrated "Making Connections" theme and emphasis on technology. It skillfully blends theory, current research, and skills, while emphasizing the connections between communication and our daily lives.
This book introduces the basic principles of public speaking, interpersonal communication and group communication, and stresses communication competence by constantly applying a solid theoretical foundation through everyday and relevant communication examples, thought-provoking questions, and boxed features.