Communication Studies

"This is an outstanding contribution to both libertarian political philosophy and communication theory. It is far and away the most comprehensive work on communication issues in libertarian theory ever published. The author has integrated...

This volume focuses on spoken language and its production. A variety of approaches are represented, including: sociolinguistics; psycholinguistics; ethnomethodology and the study of language; educational psychology; and computational linguistics.Book...

Focusing on international social justice drama in its current local, national, and international manifestation, this interdisciplinary approach explores the relationship of contemporary dramatic forms to human rights issues. Over examines the artistic...

Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), American Scientist, Mathematician, and Logician, developed much of the logic widely used today. Using copies of his unpublished manuscripts, this book provides a comprehensive collection of Peirce's writings on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639204216Author Christina D'EliaFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 181g

Shi-xu critiques universalism in discourse studies in terms of the cultural consequences of its current white, western standpoint and advocates a culturally pluralist approach, a theory and research methodology from an innovative position between Eastern...

This book offers something quite new - an advanced textbook that considers professional writing as a negotiated process between writer and reader. Arguing that ethics, imagination and rhetoric are integral to professional writing praxis, the book...

Peer Groups: Expanding Our Study of Small Group Communication is the first textbook to explore and discuss group communication dynamics with the group that most students are already familiar with-peer groups. This book brings alive for students many...

Advances in Intergroup Communication is a timely contribution to the field. It reflects developments in older, more established intergroup settings (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, organizations) whilst introducing newer studies such as the military...

Edward Everett (1794-1865) was America's first Ph.D., a United States Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts, Ambassador to England, President of Harvard University, Secretary of State, a United States Senator, and a Vice-Presidential candidate. In the...

Uniting communication and postcolonial studies, this volume historically situates seminal essays in the field alongside new essays that aim to answer the question: "How, if at all, might communication scholars extend, or even renew, the postcolonial...

Walter Lippmann has been widely misrepresented in media and communication scholarship. Classified as a utilitarian and characterized as an antidemocratic adversary of philosopher John Dewey in a legendary debate in the 1920s about the role of the public...

Risks are all around us. From catastrophic weather events to gun violence, from infrastructure failings to financial devastation…we live with the threat of risk every day. How do we get those who are at risk, or who have already been impacted by crisis,...

This collection brings about a current interdisciplinary debate on explicit communication. With Robyn Carston's pragmatics at the core of the discussion, special attention is drawn to linguistic under-determinacy, the explicit/implicit divide and also to...

In this age of global communication, local identities and nation-states reassert themselves when cultural boundaries are dissolved and reconstructed. This collection of essays by noted scholars in many fields provides a wide range of theoretical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783030582807Author Katrin VohlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 748g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792406713Author Colorado State University Comm DeptFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt...

The globalization and digitalization of cultural markets presents formidable challenges for local cinema and storytelling. The essays in this collection address some of these challenges from the perspective of a critical political economy of local cinema...

This first-of-its-kind book uniquely captures the meanings of work expressed by immigrants. Their stories - from work histories to life transitions and professional journeys - are conscientiously and rigorously mapped by the academic insights of...

This edited volume features essays derived from presentations delivered at the 15th Biennial Public Address Conference held at Syracuse University in October 2016, as well as additional material. The Conceit of Context explores the often invoked—indeed a...

This book presents the latest developments in translation and interpreting (T&I), which has been at the forefront to face the challenges brought by COVID-19. The contributions in the book contain both quantitative and qualitative empirical studies as...

This book approaches the issue of ideology in specialized communication in professional, institutional and disciplinary settings across domains as diverse as law, healthcare, corporate management, migration, NGOs, etc. What unites the contributors is...

alieNATION presents research conducted by a national election team and leading scholars in political communication that explores a range of important topics and variables affecting voter attitudes and behavior in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581120127Author David A CichockiFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

An Introduction to Human Communication: Communicate, Connect, Collaborate helps students understand the roles and skills essential to communicating effectively in today's environment.Providing a fresh approach to both contemporary and traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798823331708Author Lee W HuebnerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Cognella Academic PublishingPublisher Cognella Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 413g

Examining the close relationship between principles of deliberative democracy, communication, and conflict resolution, this book argues that the nature of deliberative processes is underappreciated for conflict resolution in ethnopolitically divided...

As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how...

Mediated Communities brings together a diverse, global cohort of academics and professional communicators to assess the current state of democratic mobilizing around the world and the ways in which protest movements are being transformed in the midst of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783668097964Author Pavlo TanasyukFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Grin PublishingPublisher Grin PublishingWeight(grams) 68g

Using the Herman & Chomsky "Propaganda Model" that was introduced in 1988, Goss offers a rigorous and accessible portrait of contemporary news media. Following a current survey of media ownership and news worker routines, in a series of...

This book explores what makes a book readable by bringing together the relevant literature and theories, and situating them within a unified account. It provides a single resource that offers a principled discussion of the issues and their applications...

This book examines a writing activity that has recently fallen into disrepute. Outlining has a bad reputation among students, even though many teachers and textbooks still recommend the process. In part, the author argues, the medium is to blame. Paper...

The first part of this new book concentrates on the office automation phenomenon. Chapter 1 sketches some of its disappointments and sets the stage for the chapters to follow. In Chapter 2, the author argues that images of organization incorporate what...

Exploring research and pedagogy on second language writing, this volume focuses on issues concerning policy decisions affecting foreign students.Book InformationISBN 9781567501155Author Diane D. BelcherFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Praeger...

. . .Ganley has marshaled an extrodinary range and volume of information and presents the story with bolth clarity and drama. Unglued Empire offers a gold mine of case-study data for scholars analyzing the interplay of politics and modern communication...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781567501186Author Janice HansonFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Lost in Media examines collectively the ethical issues that have arisen in media-driven everyday life and will that arise as paradigm shifts occur on a global scale. Films, television and the new media often serve the globalization aims of a capitalist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938898150Author Ana Costa AlongiFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Sigillum PublishersPublisher Sigillum PublishersWeight(grams) 73g

In light of current and projected demographic changes in the U.S., this book examines the attention paid to Latina/o youth from mainstream media conglomerates and the subsequent impact of this attention. In-depth interviews conducted within a family...