Communication Wisdom

Philip Backlund is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at Central Washington University, USA. Steven A. Beebe is Regents’ and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State University, USA. He is a Past President of the National Communication Association. Ronald D. Gordon is Professor of Communication at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, USA. He is a Past President of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Sherwyn P. Morreale is Professor Emerita in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA. She is a Past Associate Director of the National Communication Association.

Introduction Steven A. Beebe Part 1: Wisdom About Communication Principles 1. Five Principles for Good Communication Sherwyn Morreale 2. We All Can Be Better Communicators! Philip Backlund 3. Communication Basics Don Boileau 4. How Do You Know When You’ve Communicated? It Depends! 5. Mechayeh: Yiddish for “Life Sustaining, a Blessing” 6. Finding Wisdom and Telling Stories in a 4-Tier Model of Communication 7. Speculations on Communication Wisdom 8. Understanding Communication as a Process Part 2: Wisdom About Communication Messages 9. Communication is the Beginning of Understanding 10. Lessons Learned About Communication 11. Using Rhetoric to Frame Communication: Symbols and Their Consequences 12. Two Lessons Learned: The Teacher is Taught 13. Communication and Your Popular Culture Collage 14. Gravitating Toward Communication’s Gray Zone: Seven Lessons for Productive Dialogue 15. About the Usefulness of Cooperative Argumentation and Dissociations 16. Everything I Know about Life I Learned in Debate Part 3: Wisdom About Communication Relationships 17. It’s Not About You 18. The Wise Communicator’s Caring Presence 19. Socio-Emotional Intelligence, Communication, and Enhanced Quality of Life 20. Communication Wisdom: Reducing Uncertainty 21. Humanity, Integrity, Optimism, and Communication: The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao 22. Communication Wisdom: Symbols, Decentering, Active Listening, and Facework 23. Bridging the Trust Gap 24. The Ultimate Benefits of Affectionate Communication Epilogues: Reflections by the Editors About Communication Wisdom 25. Reflections on Wisdom 26. Commencement Wisdom 27. Going for Gold Wisdom 28. Pearls of Wisdom