Social communication / edited by Klaus Fiedler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiedler, Klaus, 1951-

Series:

Frontiers of social psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Interpersonal communication.

Intergroup relations.

Social interaction.

Social psychology.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

x, 444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2007.

Summary:

This volume is devoted to the fascinating topic of social communication - fascinating because communication is ubiquitous in that one cannot not communicate. And yet, the art of effective communication can be extremely demanding and elusive because a tricky trade-off problem has to be solved: for communication to be successful, it must be at once informative - somehow indicating an intended direction of thought or action - as well as subtle - somehow concealing intentions and instrumental goals. Failure to meet the former criterion renders communication uncontrolled and haphazard; failure to meet the latter raises suspicion and reactance. The chapters in this volume focus on the tools and repertoires evolved by social communication in order to deal with this demanding trade-off. They represent prominent paradigms of current research at the interface of communication and social psychology, presented by leading scholars who have played crucial roles in the development of those paradigms.

The 16 chapters are grouped into four major sections: communication within and between groups and cultures; strategic communication; social communication, affect, and behavior regulation; and social communication and adaptive behavior regulation. Individual chapters are devoted to such intriguing topics as stereotypes and intergroup affairs, language and culture, deception and lie detection, persuasion, discussions in groups, logic of conversation, nonverbal cues, conversational implicatures, the impact of conversation situations and social distance, and the evolution of verbal communication. The volume is framed by an introduction and an epilogue. Social Communication is essential reading for senior undergraduates, graduates, and researchers working in the field of social communication, language and social psychology, and related areas in social science such as communication science, linguistics, and gender studies.

Contents:

Frontiers of research on social communication: introduction and overview / Klaus Fiedler

Grounding: sharing information in social interaction / Yoshi Kashima, Olivier. Klein, and Anna E. Clark

Language, stereotypes, and intergroup relations / Daniël Wigboldus and Karen Douglas

How communication shapes culture / Lucian Gideon Conway, III and Mark Schaller

Accommodating a new frontier: the context of law enforcement / Howard Giles ... [et al.]

Representation of the sexes in language / Dagmar Stahlberg ... [et al.]

Social influence and persuasion: recent theoretical developments and integrative attempts / Hans-Peter Erb and Gerd Bohner

What is said and what is meant: conversational implicatures in natural conversations, research settings, media, and advertising / Michaela Wänke

Motives and goals in context: a strategic analysis of information sharing in groups / Andrea B. Hollingshead, Gwendolyn Costa Jacobsohn, and Stephenson J. Beck

Conversational hand gestures and facial displays in face-to-face dialogue / Janet Bavelas and Jennifer Gerwing

Deception: a social lubricant and a selfish act / Aldert Vrij

The psychological functions of function words / Cindy Chung and James Pennebaker

Interpersonal processes in context: understanding the influence of settings and situations on social interaction / Mark Snyder and Arthur Stukas, Jr.

Linguistic markers of social distance and proximity / Gün R. Semin

The evolution of language / Michael Corballis

Epilogue: language at the heart of social psychology / Michael Schober.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841694282

OCLC:

70839722

Publisher Number:

9781841694283