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Gender Communication Connection

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ISBN-10: 0205555160

ISBN-13: 9780205555161

Edition: 2003

Authors: Teri Kwal Gamble, Michael W. Gamble

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"The Gender Communication Connection" offers an interactive approach to the course, enabling students to experience firsthand how gender communication affects their lives daily. Strong end-of-chapter pedagogy includes special sections which strengthen students' critical-thinking skills by prompting them to discuss, reflect upon, write about, or explore online a variety of gender topics and issues."Literary Insight" asks students to read and consider excerpts from plays, poems, essays, and novels that highlight gender issues. Follow-up questions encourage students to reflect and broaden their understanding. "A Researcher' s View" profiles a research study abstract or research question that…    
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List price: $129.40
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Introduction: Approaching the Study of Gender Communication
Foundations of Gender Communication
Studying Gender Communication
Thinking About Our Gendered World: Where Would You Like to Go from Here?
Conceptual and Perceptual Foundations Communication and Gender: Which Is the Catalyst?
Communication and Gender Interact More Principles of Gendered Communication
Reassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and Quandaries
Developing Gender Roles and Identities
The "I" of the Beholder
The Development of Self-Concept
Reassessing Gender and Identity: Exploring Alternative Self-Orientations
Verbal Styles of Gendered Expression
Language in Our Lives Words
Used About and by the Sexes: Can We Move Beyond Stereotypes?
The Language of Conversation: How We Speak
Gender-Based Misinterpretations: What Really Happens
When Men and Women Talk to Each Other?
Reassessing Gender and Language
Nonverbal Styles of Gendered Expression
The Purposes Served by Nonverbal Messages
Gendered Nonverbal Expressiveness and Assessment
Exploring Nonverbal Cues from aA Gender Perspective
Reassessing Gendered Nonverbal Communication
Gendered Perception and Listening Styles
The Perception Process and Gender: Selection, Organization, Interpretation, and Response
The Listening Styles of Men and Women Reassessing Gender, Perception, and Listening
Looking Back at Part I
Gender's Role in Creating and Maintaining Personal Relationships
Gender Communication and Friendships
Yes, No, or Maybe: Are the Friendships of Males and Females Different?
The Nature of Friendship
A Closer Look at Same-Sex Friendships
A Closer Look at Mixed-Sex Friendships
The Effects of Male and Female Roles and Social Opportunities on Friendship
Gender Communication and Romance
Gender and the Romantic Relationship
The Ten-Step Model of Romantic Relationships
Romantic Relationships: The Influence of Gender on Decisions and Tensions
Reassessing Romantic Relationships and Gender
Gender Communication and Family
The Family: A Gendered-Person Factory
The Family System: Gender in Action
The Family as Theme Factory
The Family as Gender-Maker
Reassessing Gender and Family Matters
Looking Back at Part II
Gender Communication in Context
Gender Communication in the Classroom
The Education and Gender Communication
Challenge Gender Communication in Elementary and Secondary Schools
Curriculum Matters: In the Class and on the Field
Administratively Speaking: Who's in Charge in the Schools?
Gender Communication and the Workplace
The Socialization of Gendered Workers
Gender Bias and the Job Interview
Diversification of the Organization
Gender Role Bias
Women and Men at Work: Handling Relationships
Women and Men at Work: Hurdling Barriers to Advancement
Leading the Way: The Leadership and Management
Styles of Men and Women Gender, the Dot-Com World, and the Virtual Organization
Reassessing Gender and Work Matters
Gender Communication and Health
Health and Gender: Is It a Matter of Difference?
Mind over Matter: Healthwise Men and Women
Gender Ideals Impact Health
Intimacy Impacts Health
Gendered Violence and Gendered Fear
Experiencing and Expressing Feelings: Exploring Gendered
Differences Reassessing Gender and Health
Gender Communication, Sociology, and the Law
The Law and Gender Equity Sexual Harassment, Rape, Violence, and the Law Gender and the Practice of Law: Exploring the Perceptions of Judges and Juries
The Law, Divorce, and Parental Rights
Reassessing Gender and the Law Looking Back at Part III
Issues and Challenges in Gender Communication
Gender and the Mass Media
Media Gendering We Learn About Gender from Advertising
We Learn About Gender from Television Programming
Changing Television Roles for Men and Women
Television Programming's Gendering Effects on Children
We Learn About Gender from Sports Media Coverage
Sports Media Coverage of Women's Athletes and Women's Sporting Events
A Case Study: The 1999 Women's World Cup of Soccer
We Learn About Gender from The Print Media
We Learn About Gender from Film
We Learn About Gender from Music and Music Videos
Reassessing Gender and Media
Gender, Conflict, Power, and Violence
Exploring Partner Violence Gender and Conflict Gender and Power Gender
Intimidation and Violence Reassessing Gender, Conflict, Power, and Violence: The Need to Denormalize Violence
Gender, Social Movements, and Politics: Women's Movements, Men's Movements
Women's Movements
Men's Movements
Reassessing Women's and Men's Movements
Looking Back at Part IV
Epilogue: Reconsidering Gender: Where Do We Go from Here?
Participating in Continuing
Conversations About Gender: Revealing Voices
Online-Only Chapter: Gender and Technology
Appendix: Conducting Research in Gender Communication Journal
A Researcher's View: Negating Norms
Literary Insight: Where to Start?
Making Sense of Published Research Studies and Findings
Conducting Your Own Research: It's Your Turn
Developing an Original
Research Question: Asking a Question of Your Own