Synopses & Reviews
Since the first edition in 1973, Bridges Not Walls has examined the power and promise of interpersonal communication in intimate relationships, families, communities, and cultures. The text presents a broad range of scholarly and popular articles drawn from several disciplines, including communication, psychology, and philosophy, all chosen for their understandability and practical applicability. Within these readings are thought-provoking discussions of interpersonal contact, identity-management, verbal and nonverbal cues, perception, listening, assertiveness and self-disclosure, family communication, intimacy and social support, defensiveness and hurtful communication, conflict management, culture, and dialogue. Together, the readings emphasize the social and relational elements of human communication, the overlapping influence of verbal and nonverbal cues, the prominence of culture, and the close connection between quality of communication and quality of life.
Synopsis
This anthology offers fifty-one scholarly and popular readings, that examine a broad range of topics about interpersonal relationships, drawing from such disciplines as communication, philosophy, social science, and psychology. The thought-provoking articles discuss the nature of interpersonal contact, connections between verbal and nonverbal cues, person perception, listening, identity management, gender and ethnic similarities and differences, communication about sex, defensiveness, power, bullying, transformational conflict management, cross-cultural communication, and dialogue. This tenth edition features 23 new readings.
About the Author
John Stewart is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington and director of the basic interpersonal communication course. His other text is Bridges Not Walls
Table of Contents
Part I: ENTERING THE INTERPERSONAL ARENA Chapter 1. Introduction to the Editor and to This Book
Chapter 2. Communication and Interpersonal Communication John Stewart: Communicating and Interpersonal Communicating *Malcolm R. Parks: Personal Relationships and Health Stuart J. Sigman: Toward Study of the Consequentiality (Not Consequences) of Communication Susan Scott: Fierce Conversations *Martin Buber: Elements of the Interhuman
Chapter 3. Communication Building Identities John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Constructing Identities Harold Barrett: Maintaining the Self in Communication *Daniel Goleman, The Rudiments of Social Intelligence Andrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith: Forming Online Identities *Leonard J. Davis: Deafness and the Riddle of Identity
Chapter 4. Verbal and Nonverbal Contact John Stewart and Carole Logan: Verbal and Nonverbal Dimensions of Talk Virginia Satir: Paying Attention to Words Mark L. Knapp and Judith A. Hall: Nonverbal Communication: Basic Perspectives Daniel J. Canary, Michael J. Cody, and Valerie L. Manusov, Functions of Nonverbal Behavior
Part II: MAKING MEANING TOGETHER Chapter 5. Inhaling: Perceiving and Listening *John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Inhaling: Perception Julia T. Wood: It's Only Skin Deep: Stereotyping and Totalizing Others *Rebecca Z. Shafir: Mindful Listening John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Empathic and Diaglogic Listening *Donal Carbaugh: Blackfeet Listening
Chapter 6. Exhaling: Expressing and Disclosing David Johnson: Being Open With and To Other People *Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: State My Path: How to Speak Persuasively, not Abrasively *Susan Campbell: I Want... Lawrence B. Rosenfeld and Jack B. Richman: What to Tell: Deciding When, how and What to Self-Disclose
Part III: RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 7. Communicating with Family and Friends Julia T. Wood: Whats a Family, Anyway? *Deborah Tannen: Separating Messages from Metamessages in Family Talk Steve Duck: Our Friends, Ourselves *Deborah Tannen: Mother-Daughter Communication On-Line
Chapter 8. Communicating with Intimate Partners *Robert Hopper: Gendering the Conversation Malcolm R. Parks: Gender and Ethnic Similarities and Differences in Relational Development Julia T. Wood: Gendered Standpoints on Personal Relationships Alvin Cooper and Leda Sportolari: Romance in Cyberspace: Understanding Online Attraction
Part IV: BRIDGES NOT WALLS Chapter 9. Coping with Communication Walls John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, and Saskia Witteborn: Deception, Betrayal, and Aggression Anita L. Vangelisti: Messages that Hurt Jack R. Gibb: Defensive Communication William W. Wilmot and Joyce L. Hocker: Power: The Structure of Conflict *Charles K. Atkin, Sandi W. Smith, Anthony J. Roberto, Thomas Fediuk, and Thomas Wagner: Bullying: Correlates of Verbally Aggressive Communication in Adolescents
Chapter 10. Turning Walls into Bridges Joseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall K. Stutman: Conflict and Interaction Steve Duck: Handling the Break-up of Relationships <>Communication Spirals, Paradoxes, and Conundrums *Susan Campbell: I Hear You, and I Have a Different Perspective Hugh and Gayle Prather: How to Resolve Issues Unmemorably
Chapter 11: Bridging Cultural Differences David Johnson: Building Relationships with Diverse Individuals Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The Same and Different: Crossing Boundaries of Color, Culture, Sexual Preference, Disability, and Age Marsha Houston: When Black Women Talk with White Women: Why Dialogues Are Difficult *Akbar Ahmed: Talking Can Stop Hate *Dawn O. Braithwaite and Charles A. Braithwaite: Which is My Good Leg? Cultural Communication of Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 12. Promoting Dialogue Daniel Yankelovich: The Magic of Disclosure John Stewart and Karen Zediker: Dialogues Basic Tension Maggie Herzig and Laura Chasin: Fostering Dialogue Across Divides *Jonathan Sacks: Turning Enemies into Friends
* Indicates a New Reading for this edition