This textbook was written and designed especially for College of the Canyons Communications students. The following chapters will cover topics such as: understanding cultural identity, social construction, cultural biases, and culture shock. There are two types of interactive features in this book to help you, the student, engage with the various concepts and procedures behind …
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Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy is a contemporary, interdisciplinary public speaking textbook that fuses rhetoric, critical/cultural studies, and performance to offer an up-to-date resource for students. With a focus on advocacy, this textbook invites students to consider public speaking as a political, purposeful form of information-sharing.
This textbook covers content relevant to COMS342 Problem Solving in Teams and Groups at the University of Kansas. Content in this textbook is adapted from The Open University, OpenStax, The Noba Project, and Wikipedia. The most recent revision (2021) includes several chapters from Dr. Jasmine Linabary’s OER, Small Group Communication: Forming and Sustaining Teams.
Theories and techniques of public speaking from the perspective of the speaker and the audience. Emphasis on research, logical organization, composition and effective delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Practice in clearly stating and developing ideas.
Content in this textbook is adapted from The Open University, OpenStax, The Noba Project, and Wikipedia. Each chapter presents the source in the top header and each chapter has its own version of the Creative Commons (CC) license, noted at the bottom of the chapter.
Managing Groups and Teams is a wikibook that takes a challenge-based approach, one that focuses on the “how” of managing a group or a team. It covers topics on leadership, team roles and dynamics, cohesion, inclusion and groupthink.
Small Group Communication is an interdisciplinary textbook focused on communication in groups and teams. The aim of this textbook is to provide students with theories, concepts, and skills they can put into practice to form and sustain successful groups across a variety of contexts.
Small Group Communication is an Open Resource published by the College of the Canyons for their Comm 120 course. The text provides a comprehensive look at small group communication. It includes chapters covering group development, team management, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, leadership and conflict management, and intercultural group communication.
An Introduction to Group Communication in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA) An Introduction to Group Communication was designed to accompany the General Education course, COMM542 Interpersonal Communication and Group Dynamics at Granite State College. It includes chapters on theory, group development, membership, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, conflict and problem solving, group leadership and motivation, and intercultural/international …
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I.C.A.T. covers significant elements of an introductory interpersonal communication course including perception, identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, emotions, conflict and power, and interpersonal relationships. Canvas pages were created for each chapter of the Interpersonal Communication Abridged Textbook (ICAT) containing accessible content and subsection tabs to make it easier to access targeted information. Download I.C.A.T Interpersonal …
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