Social communication / edited by Klaus Fiedler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiedler, Klaus, 1951-

Series:

Frontiers of social psychology.

Frontiers of social psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Interpersonal communication.

Intergroup relations.

Social interaction.

Social psychology.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

Grounding: sharing information in social interaction / Y. Kashima, O. Klein & A. Clark

Language, stereotypes, and intergroup relations / D. Wigboldus & K. Douglas

How communication shapes culture / L. Conway & M. Schaller

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

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

Social influence and persuasion: recent theoretical developments and integrative attempts / H.P. Erb & G Bohner

What Is said and what is meant: conversational implicatures in natural conversations, research settings, media, and advertising / M. Waenke

Motives and goals in context: a strategic analysis of information sharing in groups / A. Hollingshead, G.C. Jacobsohn, & S.J. Beck

Conversational hand gestures and facial displays in face-to-face dialogue / J. Bavelas & J. Gerwing

Deception: a social lubricant and a selfish act / A. Vrij

The psychological functions of function words / C.K. Chung & J.W. Pennebaker

Interpersonal processes in context: understanding the influence of settings and situations on social interaction / M. Snyder & A.A.Jr. Stukas

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

The evolution of language / M.C. Corballis

Epilogue: Language at the heart of social psychology / M.F. Schober.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-87241-8

1-283-10516-0

9786613105165

1-136-87242-6

0-203-83770-3

9780203837702

OCLC:

764571849