For courses in Introduction to Communication
A five-principles approach that helps students build practical communication skills
Revel^® Communication: Principles for a Lifetime was designed to address the biggest challenge when teaching Introduction to Communication: how to present the variety of fundamental theories and skills without overwhelming learners. By organizing the text around five key principles of communication, authors Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe, and Diana Ivy help students to see the interplay among communication concepts, skills, and contexts. The 8th Edition offers new Critical/Cultural Perspectives features that examine contemporary issues in communication and refreshed chapter-ending study guides that better reinforce the authors' five-principles approach.

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Steven A. Beebe is Regents' and UniversityDistinguished Professor emeritus at Texas State University. He served as Chairof the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State for 28 years andconcurrently as Associate Dean for 25 years. Steve is the author or co-author of14 widely used communication books, most of which have been through multipleeditions (including Russian and Chinese editions), as well as numerousarticles, book chapters, and conference presentations. He has been a VisitingScholar at both Oxford University and Cambridge University in England. He madeinternational headlines when conducting research at Oxford; he discovered amanuscript that was the partial opening chapter of a book that was to beco-authored with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis called Language and HumanNature. Steve's book, C. S. Lewis, and the Craft of Communication, chroniclesthe discovery of and identifies Lewis's contributions to communication. Stevehas travelled widely in Europe and Asia, and has played a leadership role in establishingnew communication curricula in Russian universities. He has received hisuniversity's highest awards for research and twice for service, has beenrecognized as Honors Professor of the year, received the Texas State EveretteSwinney Excellence in Teaching Award twice, was designated a Piper Professor bythe Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, and was named Outstanding CommunicationProfessor by the National Speaker's Association. In 2013 he served as Presidentof the National Communication Association. His passions include his family anda lifelong love of music; he is a pianist and organist and a strugglingcellist. Susan J. Beebe's professional interests and expertise encompassboth oral and written communication. Sue has co-authored three books and haspublished several articles and teaching materials in both English andcommunication studies. She has received the Texas State University PresidentialAwards for Excellence in Teaching and in Service and the College of LiberalArts Awards for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, in Teaching, andin Service. After serving as Director of Lower-Division Studies in English foreleven years, Sue retired in 2014 from the Department of English at TexasState. An active volunteer in the community of San Marcos, Texas, Sue was thefounding coordinator of the San Marcos Volunteers in Public Schools Program andhas served on the San Marcos School Board, the Education Foundation Board, andthe Lifelong Learning Advisory Committee. The Texas Classroom Teachers'Association has honored Sue with the statewide Friend of Education award, andthe San Marcos school district has presented her with its Lifetime AchievementAward. Sue enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family. Sueand Steve have two sons: Mark, a senior marketing manager for a Dallas securitytechnology company; and Matt, a middle school teacher in Austin. Diana K. Ivy, Ph.D., has been a Professor of Communication fornearly 40 years, 27 of which have been spent at Texas A&M University-CorpusChristi where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in nonverbal,interpersonal, and gender communication, in addition to a new course entitledCommunication and Sexuality. Her master's degree and Ph.D. in communication arefrom the University of Oklahoma; her Bachelor's degree is in speech and theatrefrom Texas Wesleyan University in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Her firstfaculty appointment was at Texas State University, where Steve Beebe hired heras Basic Course Director. Ivy is author/co-author of three communicationtextbooks (GenderSpeak, Sixth Edition; NonverbalCommunication for a Lifetime, Third Edition; Communication: Principles fora Lifetime, Eighth Edition) and a book chapter entitled "College Students'Sexual Safety: The Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Consent,"included in Contemporary Studies of Sexuality and Communication. She haspublished articles in Communication Education, Southern CommunicationJournal, and Women & Language and has held multiple offices inthe National Communication Association and Western States CommunicationAssociation. In 2012 she received NCA's Teachers on Teaching distinction. Shehas served as Speaker of the TAMUCC Faculty Senate; Director of theuniversity's Women's Center for Education and Service; Internship Coordinatorfor the Department of Communication and Media; and President, current Boardmember, and singing member of the Corpus Christi Chorale. In 2006, she receivedboth the College of Liberal Arts and the University's Outstanding ServiceAward. In 2002, she was named Gender Scholar of the Year by the SouthernCommunication Association. She also hosted a call-in radio show, "Call MeIvy," and has pursued post-doctoral coursework at Oxford University,studying C. S. Lewis and communication. She was granted a sabbatical for theacademic year of 20152016, with a research focus on the communication of consentin sexual settings. Her sabbatical projects included guest teaching,presentations, and interviews with faculty and staff associated with studentsexual safety, both at U.S. and Australian universities. Her primarynon-academic interests include choral singing and making floral creations froma studio in her home, using unique materials such as antlers, feathers,berries, seashells, and other natural materials found in the South Texas area.

Forcourses in Introduction to Communication. Afive-principles approach that helps students build practical communicationskills Communication: Principles for a Lifetime wasdesigned to address the biggest challenge when teaching Introduction toCommunication: how to present the variety of fundamental theory and skillswithout overwhelming learners. By organizing the text around five keyprinciples of communication, authors Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe, and Diana Ivyhelp students to see the interplay among communication concepts, skills, andcontexts. The 8th Edition offers new Critical/Cultural Perspectivesfeatures that examine contemporary issues in communication and refreshedchapter-ending study guides that better reinforce the authors' five-principlesapproach.

UNIT I: PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION 1. Identifying Foundations of Human Communication 2. Exploring Self-Awareness and Communication 3. Understanding Verbal Messages 4. Understanding Nonverbal Messages 5. Listening and Responding 6. Adapting to Others: Diversity and Communication UNIT II: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION 7. Understanding Interpersonal Communication 8. Enhancing Relationships UNIT III: COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS 9. Understanding Group and Team Performance 10. Enhancing Group and Team Performance UNIT IV: PUBLIC SPEAKING 11. Develo…