What is interpersonal communication? Is it limited to interaction between two
people? Does it only involve personal relationships? Does it go beyond
face-to-face interactions? Can it take place in a variety of contexts, such as
the workplace, a health practitioner??'s office, or online? This fully revised
Third Edition of the Handbook of Interpersonal Communication addresses these and
other fundamental yet pivotal questions, offering graduate students and faculty
interested in the study of interpersonal communication an important,
state-of-the-art reference work. Providing a complete course of study, the
Handbook includes the following units: Basic Issues and Approaches; Perspectives
on Inquiry; Fundamental Units; Processes and Functions; and Interpersonal
Contexts. Chapter authors explore