Inter-Act: Interpersonal Communication Concepts, Skills, and Contexts, Ninth Edition, by best-selling authors Kathleen S. Verderber and Rudolph F. Verderber provides a framework of practical communication skills supported by current theory and numerous real-life examples and scenarios. It addresses modern technology's challenges and obstacles to creating and maintaining healthy relationships between not only those who are close and intimate but those who differ in politics, gender, age, race, religion, and culture. The authors demonstrate the significance of sensitivity to culture, gender, and racial diversity, the importance of ethical communication practices, and ways to reinforce personal ethical communication skills. This ninth and updated edition includes a unique chapter on communicating in the workplace and an entirely new chapter on electronically mediated interpersonal communication. It also includes effective pedagogical features called "Skill Builder Boxes," marginal segments called "Inter-Act with Technology," and sections called "What Would You Do? A Question of Ethics."
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Known for its clear and concise writing style, this ground breaking and market-leading fundamentals of communication text focuses on skill building and competency orientation. The authors provide lively, contemporary examples to ground theory, to increase comprehension, and to help you become a skillful communicator. COMMUNICATE! encourages active learning through well-designed skill-building activities, video scenarios, ethics cases, speech action-step exercises, and sample speeches. This book will help you understand communication theory, and help you improve your communication skills. With co-author Deanna Sellnow joining the author team, the Thirteenth Edition of COMMUNICATE! incorporates important theoretical updates in the field and reflects issues and interests of today's college students.