Avoiding Communication : Shyness, Reticence, and Communication Apprehension (Interpersonal Communication) [Paperback]

John A. Daly (Editor), James C. McCroskey (Editor), Joe Ayres (Editor), Tim Hopf (Editor), Debbie M. Ayres (Editor)

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Series: Hampton Press Communication Series: Interpersonal Communication | Publication Date: March 1997

This is the first book to draw together the major conceptual, methodological, and research approaches to the problems of communication avoidance and shyness. The editors aimed to present the differing views on communication avoidance in a single volume. The bibliography is the most extensive available in this area of research.

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John A. Daly (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1977) is the Liddell Professor of Communication, TCB Professor of Management, and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as President of the National Communication Association and on the Board of Directors of the International Communication Association and the International Customer Service Association. He is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters, and he has served as editor of the journal Communication Education and as coeditor of the journal Written Communication. His most recent book is Advocacy: Championing Innovations and Influencing Others (Yale, 2011).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Pr; 2 edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572730692
• ISBN-13: 978-1572730694
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,748,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Avoiding Communication : Shyness, Reticence, and Communication Apprehension (Interpersonal Communication) (Paperback)

This book is one of those rare finds where you can open up to any random page, start reading, and find something useful and intriguing that keeps you reading. I purchased this after looking at several other books on the subject of "shyness," social anxiety, problems with communication, psychology, abusive upbringings--this book addresses causes, symptoms, signs, perceptions of others (managers, teachers, associates, etc.) and prognosis of this most compelling and frustrating condition. Helpful for both those suffering from this condition and those who know/love them.