Human Communication: The Basic Course, Global Edition

Joseph A. DeVito received his BA from Hunter College in 1960, his MA from Temple University in 1962 and his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1964. After receiving his PhD, he taught at Hunter College-in-the-Bronx (later Lehman College). He has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, though he has concentrated on the undergraduate level and mainly on the introductory courses. He has served on the editorial boards of Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Monographs, Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, Journal of Communication, and Etc: A Review of General Semantics.

Part 1. Foundations of Human Communication 
Chapter 1. Preliminaries to Human Communication
Chapter 2.  Culture and Communication 
Chapter 3. The Self and Perception 
Chapter 4. Listening in Human Communication 
Chapter 5. Verbal Messages 
Chapter 6. Nonverbal Messages 
Part 2. Interpersonal, Small Group, and Organizational Communication 
Chapter 7. Interpersonal Communication: Conversation 
Chapter 8. Interpersonal Relationship Stages and Theories 
Chapter 9. Friends, Lovers, and Families 
Chapter 10. Small Group Communication 
Chapter 11. Members and Leaders 
Chapter 12. Human Communication in the Workplace: Organizational Communication 
Chapter 13. Interpersonal, Group, and Workplace Conflict 
Part 3. Public Speaking  
Chapter 14. Public Speaking Topics, Audiences, and Research 
Chapter 15. Supporting and Organizing Your Speech 
Chapter 16. Style and Delivery in Public Speaking 
Chapter 17. The Informative Speech 
Chapter 18.  The Persuasive Speech 
Appendix: Public Speaking Sample Assistants