Recommended Texts

Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.

Business Communication Today,
10th Ed.

Excellence in Business Communication,
9th Ed.

Business Communication Essentials,
4th Ed. Take a Tour

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Is Your Business Communication
Textbook Preparing
Students for the Future
or the Past?
Do You Know the
Fallacies about Teaching
Electronic Media?
Does Your Textbook
Cover Business
Communication 2.0?
Video:
A Fundamental Shift in the
Way We Communicate.
(See the New Media
Covered Only by
Bovee and Thill. Are You
Using the Right Text?)
A Letter to Instructors
Video:
Alert! A Paradigm Shift Is
Impacting Business
Communication Courses
Major Study: Thousands of Companies Using Social Media. Will Your Students Be Prepared to Use Social Media on the Job?
Study: 91% Using Social Media.in the Inc. 500-- America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. (Social Media Should Be Part of Your Course. Only Bovee & Thill's Texts Offer Social Media Coverage.)
Teach Your Students How to Use Social Media on the Job. (See sample pages here of Bovee & Thill's coverage you won't find in any competing texts.)
Business Communication Is Changing Due to Social Media (Are Your Students Learning about These Changes from Your Current Text?)
Hundreds of Social Media Examples
Canadian Editions
Teach Introduction to Business?

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E-Mail Messages and Defamation Claims: Avoiding Liability

Friday, February 26th, 2010

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In order to prevent defamation suits, from e-mail or otherwise, an employer must incorporate at least five policy statements and precautions into its related policies. Here are the policy statements.

Protecting Your Privacy

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

NOW spoke with Christopher Soghoian, a Ph.D. student in the School of Informatics at Indiana University and an expert on privacy and cyber-law.
NOW: Why should innocent Americans be worried about the government monitoring their private communications?

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Tweet Ethics: Trust and Transparency in a Web 2.0 World

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

“Flunkster Dude,” a contributor to the online forum for the Golden State Warriors basketball team who wrote posts in support of the team, was revealed to be Raymond Ridder, a PR person for the Warriors. “It was nothing malicious at all. I just wanted to get the conversation going in a positive [...]

Learn about Defamation

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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Learn from an expert about defamation.

Online Ethics and the Bloggers’ Code Revealed

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Whatever their reason for posting their thoughts online, bloggers have a shared ethical code, according to a recent study published in the journal New Media Society.
Key issues in the blogosphere are telling the truth, accountability, minimizing harm and attribution, although the extent to which bloggers follow their own ethical ideals can depend on the [...]

E-Mail and Defamation

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

E-mail has become a part of our everyday life. Things you might never say face to face, or even over the telephone, are easily communicated to others through email.
Often times an e-mail received by one person is forwarded to a host of other parties in a sender’s e-mail address book without regards to how the [...]

What Is Plagiarism?

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

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This 10-slide presentation gives a nice overview of what constitutes plagiarism. There’s also a checklist on how to avoid plagiarism.

Advice for Avoiding Plagiarism

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Definition and types of plagiarism, including buying term papers, copying and pasting without attribution, and paraphrasing without attribution. Tips for MLA and APA citation styles are included.

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140 Ways to Leave Your Landlord: Chicago's First Twitter-Based Lawsuit Anything but Frivolous

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A lawsuit filed today for allegedly defamatory remarks shared on Twitter could hold more weight than one might think. Amanda Bonnen, a former resident of an apartment at 4242 N. Sheridan Rd., posted in May a single 140-character tweet about that building’s management company, Horizon Realty Group: “You should just come anyway. Who said sleeping [...]

Take the Quiz: How Ethical Are You?

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Take this quiz to learn if you’re a potential jailbird or part of the ethical elite! Though more than one answer might seem possible, try to pick the best answer to the questions provided.

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