Good to Talk?: Living and Working in a Communication Culture

by Deborah Cameron

Book Overview

It′s good to talk is one of the great clich ac]es of our time. The benefits of talk to individuals, families and organizations are proclaimed by pop psychologists, television talk show hosts, and management gurus. The importance of talk is talked about endlessly.

Good to Talk? is an attempt to look critically at what lies behind this upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces, classrooms and private lives, and it places...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761957715
• ISBN13: 9780761957713
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"