Introduction to Human Communication

The first edition of this book is for students to begin to see the fundamental role of communication in daily life. For decades, communication scholars have illustrated the myriad ways in which the quality of our communication is interwoven with the quality of our lives. As students begin their academic study of the field, this text shows that communication is more of conveying, informing, and transmitting information. It is more than the words we speak; it is the tone we use, the body language we convey, and the facial expressions we adopt. Even silence communicates.

This text captures communication as a unique, collaborative, and evolving process of meaning construction. Communicating in written and spoken language, and sharing opinions, emotions, thoughts, and ideas are all ways that we work together to create shared meaning.