Nonverbal Communication

✍ Scribed by Judith A. Hall (editor); Mark L. Knapp (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 896
• Series: Handbooks of Communication Science; 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The current volume, featuring 28 contributions from cutting-edge researchers, emphasizes uses, purposes, origins, and consequences of nonverbal communication in the lives of individuals, dyads, and groups - in other words, the behaviour of human beings. As such, the volume as a whole is not just about communication systems per se nor the impact on humans of the physical environment, whether built or natural. Instead, the volume focuses on humans engaging in nonverbal communication and the communicative and psychological aspects of this behaviour. Nonverbal behaviour is an inclusive category and includes all emitted nonverbal behaviour that may be subject to interpretation by others, whether the behaviour is intentionally produced or not.
This panoramic volume, edited by two of the world's leading authorities on nonverbal communication, contains 28 essays presenting the state of the art in the domain of nonverbal behaviour study.

Reginald B. Adams, Jr.
Tamara D. Afifi
Peter Andersen
Sarai Blincoe
Ross W. Buck
Peter Bull
Judee K. Burgoon
Vanessa L. Castro
Gaëtan Cousin
Amanda Denes
M. Robin DiMatteo
John P. Doody
John F. Dovidio
Marshall Duke
Hilary Anger Elfenbein
José-Miguel Fernández-Dols
Mark G. Frank
Jillian Gannon
Robert Gifford
Laura K. Guerrero
Sarah D. Gunnery
Amy G. Halberstadt
Judith A. Hall
Jinni A. Harrigan
Monica J. Harris
Hyisung C. Hwang
Jessica Kalchik
Arvid Kappas
Mark L. Knapp
Eva Krumhuber
Ravi S. Kudesia
Dennis Küster
Marianne LaFrance
Jessica L. Lakin
Leslie Martin
David Matsumoto
Joann M. Montepare
Anthony J. Nelson
Stephen Nowicki
Alison E. Parker
Sona Patel
Miles L. Patterson
Stacie R. Powers
Kevin Purring
Klaus Scherer
Marianne Schmid Mast
Michael A. Strom
Elena Svetieva
Joseph B. Walther
Benjamin Wiedmaier
Leslie A. Zebrowitz

• Summarizes current theory & research on behaviors & behavioral processes in nonverbal communication
• Addresses theoretical issues for future research & practical issues for better understanding everyday social situations
• Indexed in APA PsycINFO

✦ Table of Contents

Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series
I Introduction
1 Welcome to the Handbook of Nonverbal Communication
II Fundamental perspectives
2 Establishing a domain for the study of nonverbal phenomena: e pluribus unum
3 Methodology: coding and studying nonverbal behavior
4 Nonverbal communication: origins, adaptation, and functionality
5 Nonverbal communication: developmental perspectives
III Modalities of nonverbal communication
6 Facial behavior
7 Vocal behavior
8 Gesture and body movement
9 Eye behavior
10 Face and body physiognomy: nonverbal cues for trait impressions
11 Proxemic and haptic interaction: the closeness continuum
IV Focus on the individual
12 Feedback processes and physiological responding
13 Personality is encoded in, and decoded from, nonverbal behavior
14 Encoding and display: a developmental-interactionist model of nonverbal sending accuracy
15 Accuracy in interpreting nonverbal cues
16 The role of nonverbal communication in detecting and telling lies
V Focus on the dyad
17 Toward a systems approach to nonverbal interaction
18 Behavioral mimicry and interpersonal synchrony
19 Nonverbal intimacy: affectionate communication, positive involvement behavior, and flirtation
20 Power, dominance, and persuasion
VI Focus on group membership
21 Gender differences in nonverbal communication
22 Race, ethnicity, and nonverbal behavior
23 Culture and nonverbal communication
VII Settings
24 Media and computer mediation
25 Nonverbal behavior and education
26 Nonverbal communication in the workplace
27 Clinical interactions
28 Glimpsing the future: emerging issues and trends
Biographical sketches
Index