Interpersonal Communication

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o    A comprehensive, downloadable, easy-to-use Media Guide in the Coursepack for every video resource, listing the chapter to which the video content is tied, matching learning objective(s), and offering a helpful description of the video content as well as assessment questions

• TV and movie clips from pop culture that illustrate different concepts from interpersonal communication
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• select tables and figures from the textbook

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