Includes index

Contents: 1. HyperCommunication: essential concepts and guidelines: Everything is communication -- The clear communicator -- 2. HyperPerception: perception, culture and society: perception as making sense of the world -- Accurate stereotypes: do they exist? -- Perception and social media influences -- Intercultural communication -- Nonverbal communication -- Ethically speaking -- 3. HyperRelationship: communication with self, relationships and groups: Who am I? really? -- Family communication -- Romantic communication -- Intimate partner violence -- Friends and peers -- Intracultural communication: within a marginalized group -- Groups: understanding and working with others -- 4. HyperProfessionalComm: persuasion, argumentation. business communication and careers in communication: Persuading with a positive purpose -- Argumentation -- Business and professional communication -- Audience analysis: "Don't talk to strangers" -- Careers in communication studies and communication sciences and disorders --