Communication: Making Connections [RENTAL EDITION]

"Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said, 'The thing that we are trying to do at Facebook is just help people connect and communicate more effectively.' This is exactly why we wrote Communication: Making Connections--to help students "make connections" in their daily lives, to communicate more effectively, and to strive to be successful and productive citizens. Imagine what life would be like without smartphones; iPads; wireless Internet access; GPS; or the many forms of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat that we use every day. Perhaps we cannot imagine it because these tools are woven into the very fabric of our lives; we take them for granted as they become more and more an extension of who we are. It is clear that Zuckerberg and the founders of Google, Apple Computers, and many other high-tech companies have attained their ambitious goal of changing how we communicate and live"--