Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication Theory

312 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Focuses on and presents watershed research traditions in human communication (interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication).This sampling of watershed research traditions in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication manifests how communication theory is developed, defended and extended at a philosophical, theoretical and practical level of inquiry from a plurality of research perspectives.The book includes the foundational works of Pearce, Cronen, and Associates on the coordinated management of meaning; Berger, Gudykunst, and Associates on uncertainty and anxiety reduction theory; Cushman, Nicotera and Associates on the communication rules involved in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; Delia, Clark, and Associates on constructivism; Deetz, Mumby, and Associates on critical theory; Desmond and Associates on mass communication theory; Sanders and Gottman on communication sequences; Cushman, King, and Associates on high-speed management; and Philipsen and Associates on the ethnography of communication.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791425978
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.1995
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Herausgegeben von: Branislav Kovacic, Donald P. Cushman