Communication Wisdom : Insights on Communication Principles, Messages, and Relationships (Paperback)

Introduction Steven A. Beebe??Part 1: Wisdom About Communication Principles??1. Five Principles for Good Communication Sherwyn Morreale? 2. We All Can Be Better Communicators! Philip Backlund? 3. Communication Basics Don Boileau??4. How Do You Know When You’ve Communicated? It Depends!??5.?Mechayeh: Yiddish for “Life Sustaining, a Blessing”? 6.?Finding Wisdom and Telling Stories in a 4-Tier Model of Communication? 7.?Speculations on Communication Wisdom? 8.?Understanding Communication as a Process? ?Part 2: Wisdom About Communication Messages??9.?Communication is the Beginning of Understanding? 10.?Lessons Learned About Communication? 11.?Using Rhetoric to Frame Communication: Symbols and Their Consequences? 12.?Two Lessons Learned: The Teacher is Taught? 13.?Communication and Your Popular Culture Collage? 14.?Gravitating Toward Communication’s Gray Zone: Seven Lessons for Productive Dialogue? 15.?About the Usefulness of Cooperative Argumentation and Dissociations? 16.?Everything I Know about Life I Learned in Debate? ?Part 3: Wisdom About Communication Relationships??17.?It’s Not About You? 18.?The Wise Communicator’s Caring Presence? 19.?Socio-Emotional Intelligence, Communication, and Enhanced Quality of Life? 20.?Communication Wisdom: Reducing Uncertainty? 21.?Humanity, Integrity, Optimism, and Communication: The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao? 22.?Communication Wisdom: Symbols, Decentering, Active Listening, and Facework? 23.?Bridging the Trust Gap??24.?The Ultimate Benefits of Affectionate Communication??Epilogues: Reflections by the Editors About Communication Wisdom??25. Reflections on Wisdom? 26. Commencement Wisdom? 27. Going for Gold Wisdom? 28. Pearls of Wisdom