Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction breaks down nonverbal communication, analyzes it, and looks at it from every angle so that readers have an intellectual and not just an intuitive grasp of this endlessly fascinating subject.

Written by a communication scholar and two social psychologists, the book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of nonverbal communication that shows how it affects a wide variety of academic interests. The theory and research included in this text comes from scholars with a wide variety of academic backgrounds, including communication, anthropology, counseling, psychology, psychiatry, and linguistics.

Based on the 50+ years of proven success, the NEW Ninth Edition of Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction:

• includes a mountain of contemporary research that is important and interesting to readers while retaining definitive studies from the past.
• Offers the best and soundest presentation on nonverbal communication while providing scholarly resources that any interested person—from an undergraduate to a professional researcher—can find of value.
• Integrates social, sexual, and political issues of our time, as they relate to the broad discipline of nonverbal communication.
• Is reader friendly! Activities, photographs, images and additional text boxes within each chapter highlight important, interesting, or current topics relevant to the field of nonverbal communication.
• Is easy to adopt! The newly-revised instructor's manual provides the information and imagination necessary for effective classroom learning in nonverbal communication.