On human communication: A review, a survey, and a criticism. By Colin Cherry. (Studies in communication, [Vol. 1].) Pp. xiv, 333. [Cambridge, Mass.]: Technology Press; New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall Limited, 1957.

Abstract

Colin Cherry's book, over successive editions, has served for twenty years as perhaps the most literate and readable introduction to this interaction available. Readers have consistently found that fields within their specialty are covered with authority; that fields far removed are covered with clarity; and that the connections among them are shown to be close and natural.A book on human communication that is worthy of its subject must introduce the reader to the dynamic interaction of a number of diverse fields. Colin Cherry's book, over successive editions, has served for twenty years as perhaps the most literate and readable introduction to this interaction available. Readers have consistently found that fields within their specialty are covered with authority; that fields far removed are covered with clarity; and that the connections among them are shown to be close and natural.This third edition includes a new chapter, Feeling, Knowledge, and Understanding, that extends the book's reach into philosophy, and in particular communicates some existential points-of-view. In it the author undertakes to demonstrate that The language of physical science is inadequate for discussion of what is essentially human about human communication. In addition, numerous changes have been introduced throughout the text, and the bibliography has been expanded and updated.

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