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Chapter 4: Perception
Annie Hall (family)
At First Sight (physical perception)
Being There (strangers)
Children of a Lesser God (couple)
The Doctor (building empathy)
The First Wives Club (shared narratives)
Lost * (stereotyping)
The Outrage (strangers)
Rashomon (strangers)
Trading Places (friendship/acquaintances)
Waiting to Exhale (friendship/acquaintances, shared narratives)
White Man’s Burden (friendship/acquaintances, multiple perspectives)
Chapter 5: Emotions
About Last Night (couple)
The Accidental Tourist (couple)
Annie Hall (couple)
The Big Chill (friendships)
Broadcast News (couple; friendship/acquaintances)
Bull Durham (work/organizations)
Casablanca (couple)
Children of a Lesser God (couple)
Garden State (the significance of expressing emotions)
High Fidelity (couple)
Intimacy (couple)
Monster’s Ball (the significance of expressing emotions)
Remains of the Day (couple)
Shall We Dance? (couple)
Smoke (friendship/acquaintances)
Tootsie (couple; work/organizational; friendship/acquaintances)
The Upside of Anger (debilitative and facilitative emotions)
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Chapter 6: Language
Being There (couple)
Big (couple)
Gone with the Wind (couple)
Shirley Valentine (couple)
Meet the Parents (family)
The Miracle Worker (school)
My Fair Lady (strangers)
Nell (the importance of language)
Pushing Tin (couple)
Quest for Fire
Stand By Me (friendship/acquaintances)
A Thousand Clowns (friendship/acquaintances)
Chapter 7: Nonverbal Communication
About Last Night (couple)
Alice (family)
Baby Boom (couple)
Beaches (friendship/acquaintances)
The Big Chill (friendship/acquaintances)
The Birdcage (couple)
Boys Don’t Cry (masculine and feminine nonverbal behavior)
Broadcast News (couple)
Freaky Friday (personality expression via nonverbal communication)
Life as a House (family)
Meet the Parents (friendship/acquaintances)
An Officer and a Gentleman (work/organizations)
The Paper Chase (school)
Philadelphia (work/organizational)
Sea of Love (friendship/acquaintances)
Seinfeld * (nonverbal communication in everyday life)
Tootsie (work/organizational)
Two Guys and a Girl (friendship/acquaintances)
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Chapter 8: Listening
Children of a Lesser God (friendship/acquaintances)
Dead Man Walking (supportive listening)
Good Will Hunting (friendship/acquaintances)
Grosse Pointe Blank (friendship/acquaintances)
In Treatment * (supportive listening)
Kramer vs. Kramer (couple; work/organizations)
Office Space (work/organizational)
Rain Man (medical; couple)
Shirley Valentine (couple; family)
Chapter 9: Communication and Relational Dynamics
50 First Dates (developmental models)
About Last Night (couple)
Annie Hall (couple)
Beaches (friendship/acquaintances; couple)
Bend It Like Beckham (dialectical tensions)
Broadcast News (couple)
The Brothers McMullen (family)
Dad (family)
Diner (couple)
Dominick and Eugene (family)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (family)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (family)
Gone with the Wind (couple)
He Said, She Said (friendship/acquaintances)
Jerry McGuire (couple)
My Fair Lady (couple)
My Life (couple)
Parenthood (family)
Reality Bites (couple)
Romeo and Juliet (couple)
Tortilla Soup (multi-cultural family)
Waitress (relational attraction)
The Way, Way Back (family)
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Chapter 10: Communication in Close Relationships
About a Boy (the need for intimacy)
Almost Famous (the need for intimacy; masculine and feminine intimacy styles)
Magnolia (the need for intimacy)
sex, lies, and videotape (intimacy and distance in romantic and family relationships)
Transamerica (intimacy and self-disclosure in family and relationships)
Chapter 11: Improving Communication Climates
American Idol * (giving and receiving criticism)
Annie Hall (couple)
Antwone Fisher (confirming and disconfirming communication)
Beaches (friendship/acquaintances)
Broadcast News (work/organizational)
Changing Lanes (communication spirals)
Children of a Lesser God (school)
Dead Poets Society (friendship/acquaintances; school)
Doubt (defensive communication climates)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (couple)
Ghost World (friendship/acquaintances)
Gone with the Wind (couple)
My Fair Lady (couple)
Office Space* (defensive communication climates)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (medical)
One True Thing (family)
Parenthood (family)
Patch Adams (medical)
Tin Men (strangers)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (school)
When Harry Met Sally (couple)
Chapter 11: Managing Interpersonal Conflicts
American Beauty (dysfunctional conflict)
The Anniversary Party (couple)
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Dangerous Minds (work/organizational)
Good Morning Vietnam (work/organizational)
The Joy Luck Club (culture and conflict)
Lost in America (couple)
Mississippi Masala (couple)
On Golden Pond (friendship/acquaintances; school)
Shirley Valentine (couple)
Up for Grabs (conflict styles)
War of the Roses (couple)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (couple)
In every case, it is important for the instructor to view a film in advance of a class screening to become familiar with the
material and determine how it can best be used to further instructional goals. Once a film has been identified as having instructional
value, it can be used in one of several ways:
In class: Segments or complete films may be shown in class to illustrate points about a single topic (e.g., defense-arousing
communication, self-disclosure) or to preview and/or review the entire course or major units.
In the college media center: Most campuses have a media center where students can view segments or entire films, and if
desired complete workbook assignments.
As homework: Class members can all view the same film on their own time, or they may choose a variety of titles from a pre–
approved list in order to complete an analytical assignment.
Available to Adopters of Looking Out/Looking In, Fourteenth Edition
A film guide, Communication in Film III: Teaching Communication Courses Using Feature Films, prepared by Russ Proctor,
describes how a wide array of movies can be used to illustrate how concepts from Looking Out/Looking In appear in realistic
situations. This guide takes advantage of students’ inherent interest in the medium of film, showing them how movies can be
both entertaining and educational.
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EMBEDDING YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN MINDTAP PLATFORM
MindTap provides instructor’s the funcionality to easily supplement course material with short videos from YouTube., offer
the customization of location and assignments.
Here are some sample videos to consider, many are TED or TEDx talks, or videos produced by other educational
organizations:
Chapter 1 –
“Cross Cultural Communication” Pellegrino Riccardi, TEDx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMyofREc5Jk
Chapter 2
“Connected, but Alone?” Sherry Turkle, TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xr3AsBEK4
Chapter 3
“Why Thinking You’re Ugly is Bad for You” Meaghan Ramsey, TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXlIAS-rI4E
Chapter 4
“Empathy” Brené Brown, The RSA.ROg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
Chapter 5
Are Your Emotions Contagious?, PBS Digital Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTFdMwCXpMw
Chapter 6
“Empowering through Body Language” Amy Cuddy, TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU2l0i2Wh0
Chapter 7
“Five Ways to Listen Better” Julian Treasure, TED
Chapter 8
“Dinner Makes a Difference” Laurie David, TEDx
Chapter 9
“The Power of Saying Thank You” Laura Trice, TED
Chapter 10
Lessons learned from making a new friend every day for a year: Maria Scileppi at TEDxVeniceBeach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YO1FmVAPrA
Chap 11
The Power of Vulnerability | Brene Brown | TED Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o
