Perspectives on Human-animal Communication
Perspectives on Human-animal Communication

Author: Emily Plec

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0415640059

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This book represents early and prominent forays into the subject of human-animal communication from a Communication Studies perspectives, an effort that brings a discipline too long defined by that fallacy of division, human or nonhuman, into conversation with animal studies, biosemiotics, and environmental communication, as well as other recent intellectual and activist movements for reconceptualizing relationships and interactions in the biosphere.

Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century
Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century

Author: Andrew D. Wolvin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1444359371

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Bringing together top listening scholars from a range of disciplines and real world perspectives, Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century offers a state-of-the-art overview of what we know and think about listening behavior in the 21st century. Introduces students to the core issues listening theory and practice Includes student friendly features such as editorial introductions to each section and questions for further reflection at the end of each chapter Discussion ranges from historical perspectives to present theory, to teaching and performing listening in the classroom, in health care, and in corporate settings

Communication as ...
Communication as ...

Author: Gregory J. Shepherd

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781412906586

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In Communication as...: Perspectives on Theory, editors Gregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John, and Ted Striphas bring together a collection of 27 essays that explores the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional division in the field. The essays in this text are written by leading scholars in the field of communication theory, with each scholar employing a particular stance or perspective on what communication theory is and how it functions. In essays that are brief, argumentative, and forceful, the scholars propose their perspective as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views.

Engaging Theories in Family Communication
Engaging Theories in Family Communication

Author: Dawn O. Braithwaite

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1351790676

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Engaging Theories in Family Communication, Second Edition delves deeply into the key theories in family communication, focusing on theories originating both within the communication discipline and in allied disciplines. Contributors write in their specific areas of expertise, resulting in an exceptional resource for scholars and students alike, who seek to understand theories spanning myriad topics, perspectives, and approaches. Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying family communication, this text is also relevant for scholars and students of personal relationships, interpersonal communication, and family studies. This second edition includes 16 new theories and an updated study of the state of family communication. Each chapter follows a common pattern for easy comparison between theories.

Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders
Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders

Author: Sanjeev Kumar Gupta

Publisher: IGI Global, Medical Information Science Reference

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781522549550

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"This book explores the area of psychology in relation with communication disorders. It disseminates the recent research to the scientific fraternity and clinician for the advancement of the discipline and the benefit of person with communication disorders"--

Human Communication
Human Communication

Author: Albert Silverstein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-23

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1317357140

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Originally published in 1974. This is an introductory text on the basic processes in communication with each chapter written by an eminent theorist in one of the main disciplines dealing with communication. It both surveys the range of issues and presents the individual author’s personal theoretical approach in each case. Though introductory, the chapters here, while attempting to be representative and to avoid unnecessary jargon, are careful to not oversimplify. Each author presents an original thesis providing a first-hand glimpse of scholarly work in the discipline showing the great diversity among the approaches and levels of analysis used in the study of communication. Of great usefulness to students of psychology, language, linguistics, media and social history.