TEXTBOOKS for Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication, etc.

EMPATHY's
TEXTBOOK LIST
for interpersonal and small group communication classes

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NCA's The List of Interpersonal Communication

& Related Textbooks

An Annotated Bibliography of Introductory Small Group Textbooks is provided by the Group Communication Division of the National Communication Association. http://communication.wcupa.edu/groupdiv/introtext.htm

The National Communication Association provides the single best list of textbooks in the various areas of communication, including lists for interpersonal and related subjects. NCA uses the following headers for its interpersonal textbook list:

A. Family Communication
B. Gender Communication
C. Group Discussion/Small Group
D. Health Communication
E. Intercultural Communication
F. Interpersonal Communication
G. Intrapersonal Communication
H. Listening
I. Nonverbal Communication
J. Relational Communication
http://www.natcom.org/Instruction/Resources/publications.htm

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Publishers' Web Sites

These are the names of all publishers who are currently publishing textbooks for college teachers of interpersonal and small group communication.

Allyn and Bacon. There is an interesting list of books in counseling and speech communication. Some of the subheading under speech communication likely to be of interest to our readers include: Conflict Management, Family Communication, Gender Communication, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Interviewing, Listening, Nonverbal Communication, and Small Group Communication. The counseling list can be found at http://www.abacon.com/education/counseling/counhome.html The speech communication list can be found at http://www.abacon.com/speechcomm/index.html

Brown and Benchmark Publishers, Madison, Wisconsin, publishes books of interest to teachers of interpersonal and small group communication (web site unknown to us).

Allyn & Bacon Publishers web page provides a list of speech communication textbooks many of which will be of interest to teachers of interpersonal and small group communication. http://www.ablongman.com/newbooks/1,4132,HS,00.html

Guilford Press has a list of textbooks which is particularly strong in interpersonal and relational communication. http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=com/index.html&cart_id=995238.26865

Greenwood Publishing Group has some interesting books, but interpersonal and small group books are buried in their long list. http://info.greenwood.com/subject/subjCO.html

Jossey-Bass Publishers has a strong list for conflict resolutions, mediation, and negotiations. http://www.jbp.com/cda/sec/0,,2982,00.html Their psychology list has a strong emphasis on counseling, therapeutic and health communication http://www.jbp.com/cda/sec/0,,2539,00.html Their Pfeiffer division provides a strong list of book likely to be of interest to consultants and corporate trainers, http://www.jbp.com/cda/sec/0,,2511,00.html

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company has a list of speech communication textbooks and a list of books for counseling several of which would be of interest. Link to http://www.kendallhunt.com/cgi-bin/pubs.cmd?product=college&searchfor=title&search_str=&majdisc=205 and enter title or author in search engine, or select "Counseling" or "Speech and Communication" from "the limit search to" window.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers has a long list of books likely to be of interest to our readers including disciplines such as applied psychology, cognitive sciences, and communication. https://www.erlbaum.com/shop/?pg=advancedsearch

W. W. Norton does not carry college textbooks designed for communication courses. They do have an outstanding list of professional books for psychotherapists.http://www.wwnorton.com/NPB/nppsych/NPpsych.htm

Roxbury Publishing has a short list of titles likely to be of interest: interpersonal, nonverbal, and relational communications. http://www.roxbury.net/humancommcat.html

Sage Publications does not have a special web page for interpersonal or small group communication. However their search engine found several titles for both subjects. http://www.sagepub.com/
SUNY Press publishes a number of books of interest to students of interpersonal & small group communication. The web site has an excellent search engine: http://www.sunypress.edu/advanced_search.asp

Wadsworth Publishing’s Communication Café provides a strong list of books in interpersonal communication and small group communication. The site provides some interesting links which are likely to be of interest: http://www.wadsworth.com/communication_d/
Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, Illinois, publishes books of interest to teachers of interpersonal and group communication. Their website has a short list of books for communication and social works which would be of interest: http://waveland.com
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Authors' Textbook Web Sites

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No authors have submitted a promotional website for their textbook.