Piercy, Cameron W.Dennis, Michael RobertCorder, Maura2024-08-292024-08-292024-08Piercy, C. W., Dennis, M. R., & Corder, M. D., (2024). Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters. University of Kansas Libraries. https://opentext.ku.edu/interpersonalhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/35498This book was made possible by an Open Educational Resources (OER) grant provided by the University of Kansas Libraries. This text is an edited and remixed version of Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships by Wrench, Punyanunt-Carter, and Thweatt, Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy by Mapes, Problem Solving in Teams and Groups by Piercy, and several other open-access texts (cited at the end of each chapter.) Chapters present key theories and concepts in interpersonal communication, including new chapters on information literacy and public speaking. The chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, language, listening, nonverbal communication, persuasion, and romantic relationships, while also presenting practical skills like information search and citation and public speaking.Connecting and Relating: Why Interpersonal Communication Matters helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions. This edited and remixed text incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. Chapters present key theories and concepts in interpersonal communication, including new chapters on information literacy and public speaking. The chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, language, listening, nonverbal communication, persuasion, and romantic relationships, while also presenting practical skills like information search and citation and public speaking.© 2024 by Cameron W. Piercy; Michael Robert Dennis; and Maura D. Corder. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Bookhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-3086https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7278-5280openAccess