Research Guides: Communication: Finding Books

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If you like browsing the shelves for print books, the "P" section is a good place to start:

P87 to P96: Communications (general)

P99.5 to P99.6: Nonverbal Communication

Below is a small selection of relevant ebooks -- there are many more! Please don't hesitate to ask a librarian if you need help searching for them.

The Serious Business of Small Talk by Carol A. Fleming
ISBN: 9781523094059
Publication Date: 2018
Discusses the light, pleasant, and safe verbal exchanges that allow people the time and association to get a sense of each other.
Culture's Software: Communication Styles by Dorota Brzozowska
ISBN: 9781443877176
Publication Date: 2015
Trust and Communication: Foundations of Interconnectivity by Anil Jacob Kunnel
ISBN: 9783631842683
Publication Date: 2021
Explores the idea of trust as a basic type of information processing that has gained new attention with the emergence of online communication channels. The result is a strategic reconsideration of the brain’s role in the formation of social relationships and a new look at how information might shape our confidence in others.

Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction by Ingrid Piller
ISBN: 9781474412902
Publication Date: 2017
Combining perspectives from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, provides an overview of the field of intercultural communication.
Intercultural Communication by Ling Chen (Editor)
ISBN: 9781501510397
Publication Date: 2017
Includes histories of theoretical perspectives, non-western theories, and cultural communication; specifically communication styles, emotions, interpersonal relationships, ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural learning, and cross cultural adaptation.

Types of Nonverbal Communication by Jiang, Xiaoming
ISBN: 9781839627095
Publication Date: 2021
Addresses nonverbal communication (acquisition of rules of using cues from body movement, eye contact, facial expression, tone of voice, and more) with advanced technologies, and gives an overview on factors underlying the learning and evaluating of nonverbal communications in educational settings and in digital worlds.
Eye-Tracking in Interaction: Studies on the Role of Eye Gaze in Dialogue by Geert Brône (Editor)
ISBN: 9789027201522
Publication Date: 2018
Presents current research on the role of eye gaze in different types of interaction, including human-human and human-computer interaction.

The Sourcebook of Listening Research: Methodology and Measures by Debra L. Worthington (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119103073
Publication Date: 2017
Evaluates current listening methods and measures, with attention to scale development, qualitative methods, operationalizing cognitive processes, and measuring affective and behavioral components.
Listening, Thinking, Being: Towards an Ethics of Attunement by Lisbeth Lipari
ISBN: 9780271063324
Publication Date: 2014
Drawing upon insights from phenomenology, linguistics, philosophy of communication, and ethics, this book makes readers aware of the value of listening as a fundamental human ability inextricably connected with language and thought.