The Nonverbal Communication Reader: Classic and Contemporary Readings / Edition 3

by Guerrero, Michael L. Hecht

Overview

A collection of 52 previously published articles designed to serve as a textbook of an undergraduate course in nonverbal communication. Primarily focusing on research in the field of communication, the contributions are organized into sections on beginning perspectives, kinesic clues, appearance and adornment cues, contact codes, vocalics (the use of sound and silence), time and place codes, expressing emotion and intimacy, power and persuasion, creating impressions and managing interaction, and contemporary theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577665441
Publisher:	Waveland Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/29/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	x
	Preface	xi
Part I	Beginning Perspectives	1
1	Perspectives on Nonverbal Communication: Codes, Functions, and Contexts	3
2	Perspectives on Nonverbal Communication Skills	19
3	Perspectives on Nonverbal Research Methods	24
Part II	Nonverbal Codes	43
Section A.	Kinesic Cues: The Body, Eyes, and Face	46
4	Hand Movements	48
5	Deaf Babies Babble with Hands	53
6	Sex and Relationship Affect Social Self-Grooming	56
7	Eye Contact: The Core of Interpersonal Relatedness	62
8	Social and Emotional Messages of Smiling	74
9	Who Can Resist Smiling at a Baby?	79
10	Nonverbal Behavior and the Outcome of Selection Interviews	82
Section B.	Appearance and Adornment Cues	90
11	The Effect of Television Advertising and Programming on Body Image Distortions in Young Women	92
12	Beauty Can't Be Beat	101
13	Women's Appearance and Clothing within Organizations	106
14	Black Uniforms and Aggression in Professional Sports	114
15	The Smell of Love	118
16	The Effects of Perfume Use on Perceptions of Attractiveness and Competence	126
Section C.	Vocalics: Sound and Silence	133
17	Nonverbal Vocalizations	135
18	Vocal Attractiveness: What Sounds Beautiful Is Good	149
19	The Power of Silence in Communication	156
20	Cultural Uses and Interpretations of Silence	163
Section D.	Contact Codes: Proxemics and Haptics	173
21	Territoriality: A Neglected Sociological Dimension	175
22	Proxemics and Haptics in Managerial Communication	184
23	Communicating with Touch	192
24	Public Touch Behavior in Romantic Relationships between Men and Women	202
25	The Midas Touch: The Effects of Interpersonal Touch on Restaurant Tipping	211
26	Family Interactions in Public: Parent-Child Distance and Touching	217
Section E.	Time and Place Codes: Chronemics and the Environment	225
27	Time in Perspective	227
28	Monochronic and Polychronic Time	237
29	"Stop" Signs: Regulating Privacy with Environmental Features	241
30	Designing to Deter Crime	250
31	Environmental Features in Theme Restaurants	255
Part III	Nonverbal Functions	265
Section A.	Expressing Emotion and Intimacy	267
32	Varieties of Emotional Cues in Everyday Life	270
33	Expressing and Managing Emotion with Nonverbal Communication	275
34	The Nonverbal Communication of Romantic Love	284
35	Friendly? Flirting? Wrong?	290
36	Nonverbal Behavior in Intimate Interactions	298
37	Nonverbal Communication in Developing and Deteriorating Relations: A Conceptual Framework	305
Section B.	Power, Persuasion, and Deception	314
38	Positions of Power: Nonverbal Influence in Organizational Communication	317
39	The Influence of Nonverbal Behaviors in Compliance-Gaining Processes	335
40	Persuasion in Physician-Patient Relations	347
41	Can You Tell When Someone Is Lying to You?	358
42	Nonverbal Cues to Deception among Intimates, Friends, and Strangers	367
Section C.	Creating Impressions and Managing Interaction	377
43	Civil Inattention Exists--in Elevators	379
44	Stereotypes and Nonverbal Cues: Showing How We Feel about Others during Cross-Cultural Interactions	388
45	Initiating Interaction: Greetings and Beckonings across the World	395
46	Turn-Taking in Conversations	406
47	The Last Ten Turns in Conversations between Friends and Strangers	415
Part IV	Contemporary Nonverbal Theories of Message Exchange	423
48	Accommodating Nonverbally	425
49	Expectancy Violations Theory	437
50	Explaining Face-to-Face Interaction: Discrepancy-Arousal Theory	445
51	Creating Close Relationships through Nonverbal Communication: A Cognitive Valence Approach	453
52	Converging on the Phenomenon of Interpersonal Adaptation: Interaction Adaptation Theory	462