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This book addresses questions about the major impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic on human communication and the ways in which the
communication discipline has been impacted by and has responded to
the conditions of the pandemic. Contributors examine both the
personal and the university administrative level to discuss how the
pandemic and its lockdowns and transition to online learning, among
other consequences, impacted specific areas of scholarship within
the communication discipline. Contributors represent a number of
sub-disciplines and focus on important elements they have witnessed
being influenced by pandemic responses, bringing to light the
unique insights about the pandemic and its effect on human
communication their sub-discipline affords them. They go on to
explore how the pandemic has impacted, or will impact, the teaching
of their subject area and provide future suggestions for research
in that area. Sub-disciplines represented include interpersonal
communication, family communication, nonverbal communication,
health communication, military learners, communication
administrators, and instructional communication concerns.
The Political Blame Game in American Democracy looks at the forces
that have developed over the past fifty-plus years and created a
dysfunctional political system in the United States. It argues that
the current level of partisan polarization is actually the
culmination of a number of forces at work during the past few
decades. These include a perception by each party that the other is
using unfair political tactics; the subsequent creation of a
culture of blame, with each party blaming the other for the
dysfunction; a decline in political norms, leading to childlike
behavior by politicians and political candidates; and a culture of
payback in which the opposition argues that their opponents are
responsible for the decline. These four factors culminated in the
2016 presidential campaign, where they were exemplified by Donald
Trump, and have continued to have a significant ongoing impact on
the political landscape of the United States.
"Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations" offers a complete
and precise explanation of the principles of nonverbal
communication and their application in everyday life. The authors
draw from a wide variety of disciplines and upon their vast
experience as instructors, consultants, and corporate trainers to
offer a unique blend of social scientific and humanistic approaches
to the study of nonverbal behavior. This well-researched book
offers conclusions about the research in an easy-to-read style.
Each chapter includes exercises, activities, self-tests, or
questionnaires that help readers explore and understand the actual
and potential impact of nonverbal behaviors on communication. The
text also helps readers build the skills they will need to become
competent nonverbal communicators in today's global community.
A SOUTHERN FRIED EDUCATION traces the education of a Southern man
from the first grade through both graduate school and law school.
The road is somewhat treacherous, but in traveling it, author Mark
Hickson III envisions several principles that will help others
avoid making the same mistakes he made-mistakes involving the
system of spankings in the 1950s, science laboratory courses in
high school and college, thesis writing, and arguing with law
professors. Some of the principles Hickson has learned include the
following: * Never embarrass a teacher in class. * Never post
grades near your office. * Teachers and students can be friends. *
Don't tutor colleagues in graduate school. * A good teacher never
destroys a student's dreams. * The most important thing to know is
when to say nothing. More important than the principles in each
story is the way in which every small trail leads to a new
discovery-a new principle-about school and life. relationships are
more valuable than the content of a course, the short stories in A
SOUTHERN FRIED EDUCATION display a wealth of wisdom about life,
culture, and those things that can only be learned through time.
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