This volume is devoted to the fascinating topic of social
communication - fascinating because communication is ubiquitous, in
that one cannot not communicate. And yet, the art of effective
communication can be extremely demanding and elusive, because a
tricky trade-off problem has to be solved. For communication to be
successful, it must be at once informative - somehow indicating an
intended direction of thought or action - as well as subtle -
somehow concealing intentions and instrumental goals. Failure to
meet the former criterion renders communication uncontrolled and
haphazard; failure to meet the latter raises suspicion and
reactance.
The chapters in this volume focus on the tools and repertoires
evolved by social communication in order to deal with this
demanding trade-off. They represent prominent paradigms of current
research at the interface of communication and social psychology,
presented by leading scholars who have played crucial roles in the
development of those paradigms.
The sixteen chapters are grouped into four major sections:
communication within and between groups and cultures; strategic
communication; social communication, affect, and behaviour
regulation; and social communication and adaptive behaviour
regulation. Individual chapters are devoted to such intriguing
topics as stereotypes and intergroup affairs, language and culture,
deception and lie detection, persuasion, discussions in groups,
logic of conversation, nonverbal cues, conversational implicatures,
the impact of conversation situations and social distance, and the
evolution of verbal communication. The volume is framed by an
introduction and an epilog.
Social Communication is essential reading for senior
undergraduates, graduates, and researchers working in the field of
social communication, language and social psychology, and related
areas in social science such as communication science, linguistics,
and gender studies.
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