--- title: Interpersonal Communication description: This field examines how individuals exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and nonverbal messages. Learners will understand the dynamics of personal relationships, conflict resolution, and active listening in daily interactions. category: social-sciences subcategory: communication-studies difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/interpersonal-communication --- # Interpersonal Communication This field examines how individuals exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and nonverbal messages. Learners will understand the dynamics of personal relationships, conflict resolution, and active listening in daily interactions. ## Available Resources 1 Videos • 5 Books • 1 Courses • 1 Websites ## Videos ### 1. 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee Radio journalist Celeste Headlee's TED talk drawing on years of interviewing: don't multitask, ask open-ended questions, let go of your own anecdotes, admit ignorance. Applies directly to audience Q&A and on-stage interviews. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vskiVDwl4 **Tags:** conversation-skills, interviewing, listening, ted-talk, audience-qa ## Websites ### 1. HelpGuide.org An article from the nonprofit HelpGuide, written by therapist Jeanne Segal and colleagues, covering active listening, nonverbal signals, stress regulation during conflict, and assertiveness. Readers get named techniques they can practice in difficult conversations at home or work. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/effective-communication.htm **Tags:** active-listening, nonverbal-communication, conflict-resolution, emotional-intelligence, assertiveness ## Courses ### 1. Interpersonal Communication Wharton professor Maurice Schweitzer's four-week course on cooperation, trust, deception, and persuasion in professional settings. Learners finish able to build trusting relationships, detect deception, construct apologies, and choose media that fit a given message. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/wharton-communication-skills **Tags:** courses, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies ## Books ### 1. Messages: Building Interpersonal Skills **Author:** Joseph A. DeVito DeVito's undergraduate textbook covering perception, listening, verbal and nonverbal codes, relationship stages, and conflict management. Each chapter pairs communication theory with skill exercises, so readers can analyze their own interactions and practice more deliberate responses. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0205414893?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies ### 2. Nonverbal Communication **Author:** Mark L. Knapp Academic survey of nonverbal research covering proxemics, physical appearance, gesture, touch, facial expression, eye behaviour and vocal cues, plus methods for observing and coding behaviour. Gives readers the empirical grounding behind popular claims about body language. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0030899621?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies ### 3. Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters **Author:** Julia T. Wood Julia Wood's textbook grounds interpersonal theory in daily life, covering self-concept, perception, listening, emotion, and communication climates across friendships, romance, family, and workplaces. Readers gain vocabulary for diagnosing why specific conversations succeed or break down. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0534623166?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies ### 4. The Relationship Cure **Author:** John M. Gottman, Joan DeClaire Gottman presents a five-step method built on his marital research, centered on recognizing and responding to bids for connection. Includes self-assessments readers use to map their emotional habits and repair patterns in marriages, families, and friendships. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0609809539?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies ### 5. Interpersonal Communication **Author:** Ronald B. Adler, Neil Towne Adler and Towne's classic textbook, formally titled Looking Out/Looking In, works through identity, perception, language, listening, emotions, and conflict. Exercises push readers to examine recorded conversations of their own and identify defensive or supportive patterns. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0030765447?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, communication-studies --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/interpersonal-communication