Preface to handbooks of communication science series -- Introduction / Judith A. Hall and Mark L. Knapp -- Fundamental perspectives / Mark L. Knapp -- Modalities of nonverbal communication / Arvid Kappas, Eva Krumhuber, and Dennis Küster -- Focus on the individual / Tamara D. Afifi and Amanda Denes -- Focus on the dyad / Miles L. Patterson -- Focus on group membership / Judith A. Hall and Sarah D. Gunnery -- Settings / Judee K. Burgoon and Joseph B. Walther -- Biographical sketches -- Index.