Communication studies Books

This volume uses a rhetorical criticism perspective to examine new media and technologies. It is intended for scholars and students in comm, rhetoric, & education concerned with how talk about comm technology affects how we think about it.

This volume, arising from the Time and Media Markets conference, offers perspectives on time and its relationship to and impact upon media industries. For libraries, scholars, comm. research centers, and grad-level seminars in media mgmt. & economics.

There is a basic question to be raised about television violence which is whether it contributes toward social violence. Television Broadcasting at present tends to reflect negative elements in society back at viewer. Authors of this study are concerned

This volume provides a critical examination of the trend toward public journalism and considers how press freedom will be impacted by this trend in coming years. For scholars and students in journalism, public opinion, media studies.

This volume demonstrates the role of contrastive rhetoric in ESL courses, and offers suggestions for using CR toward cultural understanding of rhetorical decisions. For scholars and educators in composition, rhetoric, education, ESL, and related areas.

A detailed commentary about the V-chip and its impact on communication policy. For scholars, lawyers, policy makers, and others interested in mass comm., broadcasting, and program rating issues.

Computers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms: Using Technology in Television News Production takes readers through the use of computers and software in the broadcast/cable newsroom environment. Author Phillip O. Keirstead began writing about televis

A comprehensive volume of research & applications in communication & disability study, exploring how disability is socially constructed, conceptualized, and enacted through communicative processes. For scholars and students of communication & disabilitie

This text examines the current state of theory and research in communication, providing a broad introductory overview. For students in all areas of communication study.

This collection of essays represents a follow-up to the editors' 1994 publication, The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication. In the preface to that collection of essays, they argued that "To fully understand how people function effectively requires...

Addresses the applications of ethics to international and intercultural communication; textbook for international/intercultural communication courses and international/intercultural studies courses.

This project, developed originally for the European Community, examines parental roles in controlling television programs watched by children in Europe. For scholars and students in comparative media studies, media policy, regulation, children & media.

Recently, the communication discipline has devoted increasing energy toward the study of aging, yet most of the research has insufficiently addressed a crucial factor in communicative relationships--culture. Meanwhile, cross-cultural/intercultural...

This volume offers a new perspective on communication between generations, and is appropriate for scholars and students in communication, family studies, developmental psychology, and related disciplines.

In recent years, communication scholars have taken a renewed interest in analyzing the audience and its impact on the communication process. Similarly, news editors and producers have often turned toward a marketing orientation which seeks to give new...

This book reports findings of a three-nation study of public relations and communication management sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation. The Excellence Study provides communication managers and...

Written for social science scholars who want to learn more about the qualitative way of thinking, this book addresses the full continuum of issues about the qualitative methodologies. At one end of that continuum are the deeply philosophical concerns of...

In a bold attempt to redirect the ways theories of communication are conceived and research on communication processes are conducted, this volume questions prevailing communication scholarship that emphasizes the cultural, psychological, and sociological...

This book is the initial volume coming out of the "excellence project"--a comprehensive research effort commissioned by the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Research Foundation. The purpose of this project was to answer two...

The authors of this book, both experienced teachers, examine the controversy surrounding two popular methods for teaching writing -- the "process" approach and its offspring, Writing Across the Curriculum. Both have recently been called into question for...

Intended for both students and practitioners in public administration who want to communicate more effectively with a variety of audiences, this book offers clear, easy-to-understand guidelines on how to write more clearly, concisely, and coherently, as...

Traditions of Writing Research reflects the different styles of work offered at the Writing Research Across Borders conference. Organized by Charles Bazerman, one of the pre-eminent scholars in writing studies, the conference facilitated an...

With the rise of Spanish language media around the world, The Handbook of Spanish Language Media fills the need for a comprehensive reference work, not only providing background knowledge of the various issues and topics relevant to...

In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words "communication" and "community," he broadens his definition to include the...

This volume provides an in-depth exploration of two key processes in communication research: uncertainty and information regulation. It integrates scholarly work on disclosure and uncertainty with cutting edge research, theories, and applications. ...

Published in 1989, Communication Campaigns About Drugs is a valuable contribution to the field of Communication Studies.

This compelling and informative guide to the diversity of the English language in England explores where certain words, sounds and phrases are used and why their usage varies from region to region. Detailed commentaries, maps and explanations of...

Exploring the discourse of broadcast news, with a particular focus on TV and radio, this book examines the constraints under which the news is produced. Topical examples, such as the Andrew Gilligan case illustrate the text.

Feature Writing for Journalists considers feature writing for both newspapers and magazines; using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative' publications as well as interviews with practitioners.

Communication within project-based environments presents special challenges. This is especially true within the construction industry, where interaction tends to be characterised by unfamiliar groups of people coming together for short periods before...

Analyzing the complex interaction between the material and immaterial aspects of new digital technologies, this book draws upon a mix of theoretical approaches (including sociology, media theory, cultural studies and technological philosophy), to suggest...

This book provides a transversal scholarly exploration of the multiple changes exhibited around Venezuelan media during the Chávez regime.

An ecofeminist criticism of neoliberalism, this book uses economic growth, CSR and the press coverage of environmental affairs as a case study. The author argues that CSR is part of a wheel of neoliberalism that continually perpetuates inequality and the...

The book covers African communication systems, discussing and comparing communication modes and forms with traditional and new media across west, east and southern Africa.

Frankness, Greek Culture, and the Roman Empire discusses the significance of parrhēsia (free and frank speech) in Greek culture of the Roman empire.

This book argues for an inherent connection between Critical Discourse Studies and Communication Studies. The volume begins with a comprehensive introduction that documents the shift towards Critical Discourse Studies in the study of socio-discursive...

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology architecture, physical facility changes and - most importantly - the new media management workflows and business processes to support the entire lifecycle of the IP broadcast facility...

甲骨文字是中國古代殷商社會的通用文字，是中國發現最早、最成熟、最成系統的古文字，它源遠流長，延續至今，與當今中國漢字是一種因果關係 。2017 年 10 月，甲骨文被聯合國列入《世界記憶名錄》。甲骨文用文字的形式記錄了遠古時代的天文、地理、歷史、社會、軍事、戰爭、農牧、人事、疾病等文明百科，其中有文字的、有藝術的，以 " 源 "...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Public Relations, Werbung, Marketing, Social Media, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Fresenius Idstein, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Bachelorarbeit untersucht die wesentlichen...

Influencer-Marketing ist seit einigen Jahren eines der Buzzwörter in der Werbebranche. Gehörte es Anfang 2014 noch zu den Neuheiten auf dem Markt, kommen wenige Unternehmen heutzutage an dieser Marketingmaßnahme vorbei und wird somit in den klassischen...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung:Wer ist eigentlich Carlos Saura?Dieser spanische Regisseur, der eine Handvoll Tanzfilme gedreht hat? Stimmt. Nicht ganz. Der Spanier Carlos Saura hat vier Kurz- und 34 Langspielfilme gedreht, Theaterstücke und Opern inszeniert,...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung:Bei der Frage nach der Wahl von Kommunikationsmitteln werden durch die Weiterentwicklung der technischen Möglichkeiten neue Antworten nötig. Im arbeitspsychologischen Kontext wurde der Frage nachgegangen, welchen Anteil...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung:Zerbricht ein demokratisches System unter einer Diktatur, dann werden Massenmedien oftmals von den Herrschenden als Propagandaverteiler und Instrument zur Beeinflussung der öffentlichen Meinung missbraucht, selbst wenn sie sich...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung:Worin liegt der Reiz und Nutzen, über Computernetze Mitteilungen auszutauschen und wodurch unterscheiden sie sich von anderen Kommunikationsmedien und Kommunikationsformen? Wie wird man überhaupt ein „User“ und wie findet...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung:Gute Recherche bildet das Fundament für kompetente Berichterstattung und ist damit ein essentieller Teil journalistischer Arbeit. Die technischen Möglichkeiten zu recherchieren sind heute, zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts,...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung:Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die visuelle Gestaltung der beiden bisher veröffentlichten Kinoregiearbeiten der Brüder Larry Wachowski und Andy Wachowski: „Bound“ (USA 1996) und „The Matrix“ (USA 1999). Im Rahmen...