This book focuses attention on a relatively neglected component of communication-silence-in order to present current research from a number of disciplines and also to stimulate further research on the subject.

Foreword Introduction OVERVIEW: THE NATURE AND STUDY OF SILENCE The Pace of Silence in an Integrated Theory of Communication PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF PAUSING The Machine Stops: Silence in the Metaphor of Malfunction Psychological Correlates of Silence and Sound in Conversational Interaction The Two Faces of Silence: The Effect of Witness Hesitancy on Lawyers' Impressions Some Reasons for Hesitating SOME MEANINGS AND USES OF SILENCE Silence: Anything But Joyful Noise and Reverent Silence: The Significance of Noise in Pentecostal Worship Silence and Sulking: Emotional Displays in the Classroom SILENCE IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Silence and Noise as Emotion Management Styles: An Italian Case Eloquent Silence Among the Igbo of Nigeria The Silent Finn SILENCE AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Interaction Structured Through Talk and Interaction Structured Through silence' Some Uses of Gesture APPENDIX A Sampling of Sources on Silence Author Index Subject Index