The Handbook of Listening

A unique academic reference dedicated to listening, featuring current research from leading scholars in the field

The Handbook of Listening is the first cross-disciplinary academic reference on the subject, gathering the current body of scholarship on listening in one comprehensive volume. This landmark work brings together current and emerging research from across disciples to provide a broad overview of foundational concepts, methods, and theoretical issues central to the study of listening. The Handbook offers diverse perspectives on listening from researchers and practitioners in fields including architecture, linguistics, philosophy, audiology, psychology, and interpersonal communication.

Detailed yet accessible chapters help readers understand how listening is conceptualized and analyzed in various disciplines, review the listening research of current scholars, and identify contemporary research trends and areas for future study. Organized into five parts, the Handbook begins by describing different methods for studying listening and examining the disciplinary foundations of the field. Chapters focus on teaching listening in different educational settings and discuss listening in a range of contexts. Filling a significant gap in listening literature, this book:

• Highlights the multidisciplinary nature of listening theory and research
• Features original chapters written by a team of international scholars and practitioners
• Provides concise summaries of current listening research and new work in the field
• Explores interpretive, physiological, phenomenological, and empirical approaches to the study of listening
• Discusses emerging perspectives on topics including performative listening and augmented reality

An important contribution to listening research and scholarship, The Handbook of Listening is an essential resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the field of listening, particularly communication studies, as well as those involved in linguistics, language acquisition, and psychology.

Debra L. Worthington is Professor of Communication at Auburn University. She has published numerous articles on listening, particularly as related to measurement and individual listening style. She is lead author of Listening: Processes, Functions, and Competency and co-editor of The Sourcebook of Listening Research: Methodology and Measures which received the 2018 Distinguished Book Award from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of the National Communication Association. She was inducted into the International Listening Association's Hall of Fame in 2017.

Graham D. Bodie is Professor of Integrated Marketing Communication in the School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi. He is recognized as an international expert on listening and the social cognitive underpinnings of human communicative behavior and has authored more than 90 published papers in journals including Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, and the International Journal of Listening. Dr. Bodie has received several awards, including the Research Award bestowed by the International Listening Association.