This collection of essays extends the conversation on communication ethics and crisis communication to offer practical wisdom for meeting the challenges of a complex and ever-changing world. In multiple contexts ranging from the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and family to the political and public, moments of crisis call us to respond from within particular standpoints that shape our understanding and our response to crisis as we grapple with contested notions of "the good" in our shared life together. With no agreed-upon set of absolutes to guide us, this moment calls us to learn from...

Now in its 15th edition, this groundbreaking human communication text equips students with the communication skills they need to be successful communicators. COMMUNICATE engages students in active learning through theory, application and tools for practicing and assessing specific communication skills in interpersonal, intercultural, group, and public speaking settings, and in face-to-face and virtual environments. Skill-building exercises, including speech-plan action step activities, guide students through the speech preparation process. COMMUNICATE provides lively contemporary examples...

This book is a step-by-step introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism by focusing on the powerful roles TV programs, advertisements, music, comics, and movies play in persuading us on what to believe and how to behave.