Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, Global Edition, 8th edition

For courses in Introduction to Communication

A five-principles approach that helps students build practical communication skills

Revel® Communication: Principles for a Lifetime was designed to address the biggest challenge when teaching Introduction to Communication: how to present the variety of fundamental theories and skills without overwhelming learners. By organizing the text around five key principles of communication, authors Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe, and Diana Ivy help students to see the interplay among communication concepts, skills, and contexts. The 8th Edition offers new Critical/Cultural Perspectives features that examine contemporary issues in communication and refreshed chapter-ending study guides that better reinforce the authors' five-principles approach.

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Hallmark and Updated Features

To help students understand and remember the essential concepts of the course, Revel^® Communication: Principles for a Lifetime is organized around five fundamental communication principles:

1. Be aware of your communication with yourself and others
2. Effectively use and interpret verbal messages
3. Effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages
4. Listen and respond thoughtfully to others
5. Appropriately adapt messages to others

These principles are introduced early in the text, and are referred to throughout the later chapters as students learn about interpersonal relationships, group and team discussions, and public presentations. This principles-centered framework helps students see the "big picture," and understand the importance of communication, in the classroom and beyond.

New and updated features ensure an up-to-date learning experience

• NEW - Critical/Cultural Perspectives & Communication features in each chapter explore various topics from a critical/cultural communication perspective, focusing on messages about power, resistance, suppression, and marginalization.
• UPDATED - Diversity & Communication features complement and expand discussions of new applications of research about diversity throughout the text.
• UPDATED - Ethics & Communication features reinforce the importance of being an ethical communicator and may spark enriching discussions.
• UPDATED - Social Media & Communication features explore ways to effectively use social media as an important communication tool.
• UPDATED - The chapter-ending study guides have been reworked to better reinforce how chapter content connects to the five fundamental communication principles that form the backbone of the text.
  • Principle Points narrative summaries help students review the important points of the chapter.
  • Principle Terms lists collect the key terminology of the chapter.
  • Principle Skills questions and collaborative learning activities guide students to think critically about how they can apply chapter concepts to their lives and relationships.
• UPDATED - The latest research findings about the principles and skills of human communication have been incorporated throughout each chapter.
• UPDATED - Fresh, contemporary examples, photos, and illustrations enhance key themes and help students relate course content to their own lives.
• NEW -Two fresh student speeches in Appendix B model the best practices in public speaking.

• Videos and interactives integrated directly into the narrative get students learning actively, making it more likely that they'll retain what they've read.
  • Videos embedded within each chapter elucidate key topics such as gender stereotypes, active listening, and groupthink. Accompanying video self-checks enable students to test their knowledge.
  • Interactive figures engage students and help them understand hard-to-grasp concepts, such as the transactive model of communication.
• Embedded assessments afford students regular opportunities to check their understanding. The results enable instructors to gauge student comprehension and provide timely feedback to address learning gaps along the way.
• Writing assignments, such as journaling prompts, shared writing activities, and essays, enable educators to foster and assess critical thinking without significantly impacting their grading burden.
• Video quizzes offer students opportunities to further their knowledge by applying concepts and testing their understanding. Instructors can share videos accompanied by time-stamped multiple-choice questions.
• Shared media makes it easy for instructors and students to post and respond to videos and other media. Students can also record and upload their own presentations for grading, comments, or peer review.
• The Revel mobile app lets students read and practice anywhere, anytime, on any device, online and off. It syncs work across all registered devices automatically, allowing learners to toggle between phone, tablet, and laptop as they move through their day.
• The audio playlist lets students listen and learn as they go. Found throughout the text, annotated audio excerpts highlight interpersonal conversations and effective speech examples, reinforcing learning and adding dimension to instruction.

• The educator dashboard offers an at-a-glance look at overall class performance. It helps instructors identify and contact struggling and low-activity students, ensuring that the class stays on pace.
• The enhanced grades view provides detailed insights on student performance, from specific assignments to individual student scores.
• LMS integration provides institutions, instructors, and students easy access to their Revel courses via Blackboard Learn^TM, Canvas^TM, Brightspace by D2L^TM, and Moodle^TM. Single sign-on lets students access Revel on their first day.