Developing Communication Theories
Developing Communication Theories

Author: Gerry Philipsen

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780791431597

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Leading scholars present the principal findings and conclusions of a long-term program of research into the nature and dynamics of human communication. Well-known authors present not only their own theories of human communication, but also describe, from personal vantage points, the process by which they constructed their theories. The authors' narratives of their experiences in posing, formulating, and empirically investigating their questions provide invaluable instructional models for current students. The vitality of this book derives from the communal focus on the theory and practice of language and other means of communicative conduct. Each chapter is concerned with the pragmatics of human communication and describes an original and systematic study of the phenomena with recourse to data. Together, these chapters represent a range of important contemporary directions in communication studies.

Building Communication Theories
Building Communication Theories

Author: Fred L. Casmir

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1136694900

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Concern with various matters related to humans as they communicate has led to an increase in both research and theorizing during the second half of the 20th century. As a matter of fact, so many scholars and so many disciplines have become involved in this process that it is virtually impossible to understand and appreciate all that has been accomplished so far. This book focuses on one important aspect of human sense-making -- theory building -- and strives to clarify the thesis that theories do not develop in some sort of social, intellectual, or cultural vacuum. They are necessarily the products of specific times, insights, and mindsets. Theories dealing with the process of communication, or communicating, are tied to socio-cultural value systems and historic factors that influence individuals in ways often inadequately understood by those who use them. The process-orientation of this book inevitably leads to an emphasis on the perceptions of human beings. Thus, the focus shifts from the subject or area called "communication" to the act of communicating. Finally, this volume offers insight into how the process of human sense-making has evolved in those academic fields commonly identified as communication, rhetoric, speech communication or speech, within specific socio-cultural settings.

International Encyclopedia of Communications
International Encyclopedia of Communications

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780195049947

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Covers the following topics: advertising and public relations, ancient world, animal communication, area studies, arts, communications research, computer era, education, folklore, government regulation, institutions, international communication, journalism, language and linguistics, literature, media, middle ages, motion pictures, music, nonverbal communication, photography, political communication, print media, radio, religion, speech, television, theater, theories of communication and theorists's biographies.

Theories of Communication
Theories of Communication

Author: Armand Mattelart

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1998-08-24

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780761956471

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This introduction to communication theory offers an historical account of the development of all major theoretical approaches by summing up the range of existing theories, and explaining how and why the diverse currents of thought emerged.

Engaging Theories in Family Communication
Engaging Theories in Family Communication

Author: Dawn O. Braithwaite

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2005-08-26

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1452222215

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Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book on the market to deal exclusively with family communication theory. In this volume, editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter bring together a group of contributors that represent a veritable Who's Who in the family communication field. These scholars examine both classic and cutting-edge theories to guide family communication research in the coming years.

Communication for Development in the Third World
Communication for Development in the Third World

Author: Srinivas R Melkote

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001-12-17

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780761994763

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This completely revised edition builds on the framework provided by the earlier text. It traces the history of development communication, presents and critiques diverse approaches and their proponents, and provides ideas and models for development communication in the new century.

Development Communication
Development Communication

Author: Uma Narula

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788124101643

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This book applies a systematic communication perspective to the 40 plus years of development experience in the world. The communication perspective demonstrates that the role of commuincation in development is not limited to media technologies or to the economies of mass media, it is a way of thinking about the interaction among all development agents involved. It is an analytical review of development therories and practice both from international and India perspectives.

Theories and Models of Communication
Theories and Models of Communication

Author: Paul Cobley

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 3110240459

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This unique volume offers an overview of the diversity in research on communication, including perspectives from biology, sociality, economics, norms and human development. It includes general social science and humanities approaches to communication, from systems theory to cultural theory, as well as perspectives more specifically related to communication acts, such as linguistics and cognition. The volume also features chapters on the participants and various elements in communication processes, on possible effects and on wider consequences of mediation (with technical media). The scope of the contributions is global, and the volume is relevant to both the empirical and the philosophical traditions in human sciences. Designed as a stand-alone collection to engage undergraduates as well as postgraduates and academics, this is also the first book in, and an introduction to, the De Gruyter Mouton multi-volume Handbooks of Communication Science.

Developing Communication Theories
Developing Communication Theories

Author: Gerry Philipsen

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1997-08-14

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 143841613X

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Well-known authors present not only their own theories of human communication, but also describe, from personal vantage points, the process by which they constructed their theories. The authors' narratives of their experiences in posing, formulating, and empirically investigating their questions provide invaluable instructional models for current students. The vitality of this book derives from the communal focus on the theory and practice of language and other means of communicative conduct. Each chapter is concerned with the pragmatics of human communication and describes an original and systematic study of the phenomena with recourse to data. Together, these chapters represent a range of important contemporary directions in communication studies.

Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory

Author: Stephen W. Littlejohn

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009-08-18

Total Pages: 1193

ISBN-13: 1412959373

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The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory provides students and researchers with a comprehensive two-volume overview of contemporary communication theory. Reference librarians report that students frequently approach them seeking a source that will provide them with a quick overview of a particular theory or theorist - just enough to help them grasp the general concept or theory and its relation to the discipline as a whole. Communication scholars and teachers also occasionally need a quick reference for theories. Edited by the co-authors of the best-selling textbook on communication theory and drawing on the expertise of an advisory board of 10 international scholars and nearly 200 contributors from 10 countries, this work finally provides such a resource. More than 300 entries address topics related not only to paradigms, traditions, and schools, but also metatheory, methodology, inquiry, and applications and contexts. Entries cover several orientations, including psycho-cognitive; social-interactional; cybernetic and systems; cultural; critical; feminist; philosophical; rhetorical; semiotic, linguistic, and discursive; and non-Western. Concepts relate to interpersonal communication, groups and organizations, and media and mass communication. In sum, this encyclopedia offers the student of communication a sense of the history, development, and current status of the discipline, with an emphasis on the theories that comprise it.