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PREFACE

Anita Vangelisti University of Texas at Austin Judith Vogel Des Moines Area Community College Rebecca Wells-Gonzalez Ivy Tech Community College Emanuelle Wessels Missouri State University Stacie Williams Portland Community College Michael Witti Waukesha County Technical College Gordon Young Kingsborough Community College

Heidi Schara Riverland Community College Julie Simanski Des Moines Area Community College Debbie Sonandre Tacoma Community College Renee Strom Saint Cloud State University Dennis Sutton Grand Rapids Community College Lindsay Timmerman University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Samantha Valencia Moreno Valley College

Leighann Rechtin Ivy Tech Community College Rachel Reznik Elmhurst College Elizabeth Ribarsky University of Illinois—Springfield Gregory Rickert Bluegrass Community & Technical College Jennifer Riggs Smith Ivy Tech Community College Lori Roe Ivy Tech Community College Jennifer A. Samp University of Georgia

Our sincere thanks also go to Mary Ann McHugh, who served as Contributing Editor on this edition. Mary Ann took primary responsibil ity for revising six chapters and also contributed citations and photo ideas throughout the book. She did so with an energy and good spirit that made the process enjoyable for everyone on the Interplay team. We look forward to working with Mary Ann on future editions. We salute the team of talented and congenial professionals at Oxford University Press, led and inspired by Petra Recter. We thank Jaime Burns and Steve Helba, Acquisitions Editors; Maeve O’Brien, Content Development Editor; Mia Cirillo, Editorial Operations Assistant; Michele Laseau, Art Director; Keith Faivre, Senior Production Editor; Theresa Stockton, Content Operations Manager; Laura Ewen, Marketing Manager; Kaylee Williams, Marketing Assistant. As always, our Senior Development Editor, Lauren Mine, deserves special acknowledgment for previous edi tions: A full account of her contributions would require a book of its own. Our thanks also go to Tara Tovell for her copyediting talents and to Arc Indexing, Inc., for crafting the useful indexes. Sean Hynd of OUP Canada tracked down image permissions, while Sherri Adler chose the evocative photos that help make Interplay unique. About the Authors Ronald B. Adler is Professor Emeritus of Communication at Santa Barbara City College. He is coauthor of Understanding Human Communication (OUP, 2024); Essential Communication (OUP, 2022); Looking Out, Looking In (2023); and Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business PROPERTY OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS