ICOMM: Interpersonal Concepts and Competencies

Foundations of Interpersonal Communication

By (author) Roy Berko, Joan E. Aitken, Andrew Wolvin

Publication date:

16 June 2010

Length of book:

470 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742599628

ICOMM: Interpersonal Concepts and Competencies, provides an integrated approach to the study of interpersonal communication. This accessibly written but authoritative text emphasizes the development of communication competencies, including skills, understanding of the theory and research that contextualizes the skills to make them relevant to learning, and the motivation to put the skills into practice. While incorporating many traditional intrapersonal and interpersonal topics found in current texts, the book is distinctive in that it offers a skills-based approach that is grounded in solid theory and research. Students will find that the text is written in a personal and friendly manner, stressing concepts, skills, and applications that should be an important part of their daily lives.

1 Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
2 The Self and Communication
3 Listening and Interpersonal Skills
4 Verbal Language
5 Nonverbal Communication
6 The Principles of Relational Communication
7 Beginning, Maintaining and Ending Relationships
8 Conflict Resolution
9 Interpersonal Relationships in the Family
10 Electronically Mediated Interpersonal Communication
11 The Self and Others
12 Adapting to Communication Patterns in the Workplace

Berko, Aitken, and Wolvin have it all for my next interpersonal communication course. Their new text weaves application and practice with theory. The book teaches concrete skills while introducing larger principles and important vocabulary. All the while, this work balances vivid examples and stories with extensive, current research in the field. In sum, "IComm" is a mindful eyeful of interpersonal communication. It my course's textbook from now on.