Communication studies Books

Nachdem komparative Ansätze in der Kommunikationswissenschaft lange vernachlässigt wurden, liegt mit diesem Band ein umfassender "State-of-the-Art"-Report der Politischen Kommunikation im internationalen Vergleich vor. Zwanzig...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Forschung und Studien, Note: 1,7, Technische Universität Chemnitz (Institut für Medienforschung), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Phänomen "Digital Detox" ist der Ausgangspunkt...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Forschung und Studien, Note: 2,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Institut für Sprach-, Medien- und Musikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Mensch, Kultur und Technologie,...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Public Relations, Werbung, Marketing, Social Media, Note: 1,7, FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management gemeinnützige GmbH, München früher Fachhochschule (FOM), Sprache: Deutsch,...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Note: 2, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit untersucht ausgewählte Problemfelder der interkulturellen Kommunikation und ihre...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich BWL - Informationswissenschaften, Informationsmanagement, Note: 1,0, SRH Fernhochschule, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit werden die Grundlagen von Data Warehouse und Online Analytical...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Fachkommunikation, Sprache, Note: 1,3, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germanistisches Institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Anliegen der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es,...

This book provides an elaboration and evaluation of the dominant conceptions of genetic counseling as they are accounted for in three different models: the teaching model; the psychotherapeutic model; and the responsibility model. The elaboration of...

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experience gained in the execution of...

This book explores the question of why and under which conditions right-wing populist parties receive electoral support. The author argues that neither economic variables, nor national culture or history are what account for their successes. Instead, he...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the human dimension of social robots by discussing both transnational features and national peculiarities. Addressing several issues that explore the human side of social robots, this book investigates what...

This book examines German media representations of Ireland from 1946 to 2010, from the post-war period to the years of the so-called Celtic Tiger and Ireland's subsequent economic downturn. It charts both the patterns and the inconsistencies in...

Humour found in audiovisual products is, of course, performative in nature. If we consider instances of humour - any droll moment occurring in today's fare of mixed-genre products as a composite of cognition, emotion, interaction and expression - we see...

This book presents the first study of voice-over from a wide approach, including not only academic issues but also a description of the practice of voice-over around the globe. The authors define the concept of voice-over in Film Studies and Translation...

This volume offers a comparative analysis of the functioning of totalitarian and authoritarian discourses and their aftermath. Whereas other studies often focus on communist/post-communist examples and hence particularize totalitarian discourse, this...

This book explores local journalists in the Czech Republic as unmapped agents of the journalistic field. It is a case study of a local journalists and local newspapers in the post-socialist Czech media system. It uses Bourdieus' field theory, interviews,...

This book delves comprehensively into organisational communication in Africa in the digital age, alongside other organisational changes. This makes it a valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, and students in organisational communication,...

This edited collection investigates topics related to environmental humanities through their inclusion, exploration, or critique in contemporary video games. It focuses on how video games are a site for creating and interacting within environments, with...

The book aims to serve as a theoretical framework for the socio-cognitive approach (SCA) that is an alternative to the two main lines of pragmatics research: linguistic-philosophical pragmatics and sociocultural-interactional pragmatics. SCA broadens the...

Group Communication for Professional Life focuses on the intersection of small group communication theory and practical business applications. Throughout the book the task and relationship factors necessary for successful professional groups are...

Observes the theoretical and scholarly undertakings of tourism. Cross-examines culture and intercultural facets of tourism interactions, focussing on culture as a process or phenomenon of individuals. Examines the extent to which linguistic and cultural...

Our interpretations of the world we live in, and the people and institutions that comprise it, are acquired through complex interactions among what we believe to be true, what the world is, and/or what others think it is. Understanding those complex...

William Blake's work demonstrates two tendencies that are central to social media: collaboration and participation. Not only does Blake cite and adapt the work of earlier authors and visual artists, but contemporary authors, musicians, and filmmakers...

An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and...

Visual-Gestural Communication is a truly unique volume in non-language communication devoted to the study of universal gestures, facial expressions, body language, and pantomime. Readers develop the skill and confidence to interact -- sans shared...

Engaging debates within cultural studies, media and communication studies, and critical theory, this book addresses whether Gramscian thought continues to be relevant for social and cultural analysis, in particular when examining times of crisis and...

This book aims to put the speciesism debate and the treatment of non-human animals on the agenda of critical media studies, and to put media studies on the agenda of animal ethics researchers. Contributors examine the convergence of media and animal...

The arrival of the participatory web 2.0 has been hailed by many as a media revolution, bringing with it new tools and possibilities for direct political action. Through specialised online platforms, mainstream social media or blogs, citizens in many...

International communication scholars have long been interested in how local, national, and transnational media communications shape people's attitudes and values. This book examines a range of questions pertinent to public opinion toward globalization in...

This volume outlines pedagogical projects to the (re)production of public memory as a way to advance students' writing and rhetorical repertoire.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication provides a comprehensive historical survey of language and intercultural communication studies with a critical assessment of past and present theory, research, and practice, as well as an...

This edited volume focuses on the use of Computational Communication Science (CCS) to address key questions in political communication, highlighting methodological innovations and the theoretical, practical, and institutional challenges in the field...

Drawing on studies of international communication and late Qing and Republican newspapers, this book examines the intellectual and practical development of communication from a global and historical perspective.

Generative AI in the English Composition Classroom looks to the future, discussing the evolving skillsets required in the workforce and how educators can equip students for a future in which AI is an integral component. This book will be of interest to...

This Handbook is the first comprehensive volume to focus entirely on the notion of interculturality, reflecting on what the addition of the adjective 'critical' means for research and teaching in interdisciplinary studies.

Generative AI in Writing Education provides technically sound guidance on how various stakeholders should engage with generative AI and outlines how generative AI can be both a help and hindrance for students, enabling readers to craft informed and...

This book investigates the relationship between the process of Europeanization - the expected rise of a common culture - and the role played by the media in the different regions.

This book explores the philosophical foundations of communication studies, suggesting that communication phenomena extend beyond the scope of traditional scientific methods. It argues that communication, deeply intertwined with human behavior, cannot be...

This book focuses on the connection between action and verbal communication, exploring topics such as the mechanisms of language processing, action processing, voluntary and involuntary actions, knowledge of language and assertion. Communication...

"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 successfully...

This book presents a thoughtful and thorough account of diverse studies on Chinese translation and interpreting (TI). It introduces readers to a plurality of scholarly voices focusing on different aspects of Chinese TI from an interdisciplinary and...

The second volume in the SIRCA book series investigates the impact of information society initiatives by extending the boundaries of academic research into the realm of practice. Global in scope, it includes contributions and research projects from Asia,...