Communication category: 5490 books
Technological Forms and Ecological Communication
A Theoretical Heuristic
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Investigating the phenomena of technology, science, technique, and mass communication, Piyush Mathur contends that the enterprise of science communication may be misleading vis-à-vis technology—if in part because it frequently coextends with a flawed, but dominant, notion of science that presumptuously...
Effective HR Communication
A Framework for Communicating HR Programmes with Impact
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In today's competitive environment where we are doing everything we can to compete for talent, effective communication ensures we are showcasing our HR programmes in a way which will help us attract, retain and engage talent. Whether introducing new HR programmes or re-launching existing ones, communications...
Communication Research Measures II
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in newer subdisciplines in communication, including...
Exploring Health Communication
Language in Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are...
Answers for Modern Communicators
A Guide to Effective Business Communication
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
This book provides students and professionals with practical answers to important career and communication questions, helping them to communicate successfully in a business setting. Communication expert, Deirdre Breakenridge, examines the ways in which professionals can make the most of their careers...
Engaging Theories in Family Communication
Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
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...
Talking Black and White
An Intercultural Exploration of Twenty-First-Century Racism, Prejudice, and Perception
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Talking Black and White: An Intercultural Exploration of Twenty-First-Century Racism, Prejudice, and Perception investigates domestic race-related social justice issues and intercultural communication between Black and White individuals. Twenty-first-century racism, racial tensions, prejudice, police...
Social Media in Earthquake-Related Communication
Shake Networks
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
This book presents a comprehensive framework for disaster communication, with a main focus on earthquake-related communication, building on a previously fragmented, single-case study approach to analysing the role of social media during natural disasters.
The authors consider both traditional...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Communication is at the heart of any complete understanding of the end of life. While it is true that individuals physically die as a single entity, the process of ending an individual life is located within a complex system of relationships and roles connected and constructed through communicative...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The Handbook of Lifespan Communication is the foundational scholarly text that offers readers a state of the art view of the varied and rich areas of lifespan communication research. The fundamental assumptions of lifespan communication are that the very nature of human communication is developmental,...
Identity and Communication
New Agendas in Communication
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Identity and Communication offers an innovative take on traditional topics of intercultural communication while promoting new ideas and progressive theories.With essays by emerging voices in identity communication, volume contributors discuss the ways that racial, cultural, and gender identities are...
by Lynn H. Turner, Richard West
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
Prioritizing brevity and clarity, this textbook introduces the study of communication through examples and applications of communication in a variety of contexts. With a unique focus on diversity and the impact of culture, each chapter opens with a case study that identifies a communication challenge,...
Mass Communication In India
A Sociological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2005
This book traces the progress of mass communications in India and the West from a historical and sociological perspective, from primitive to modern times. Placing his argument in the global context within which mass communication takes place, the author:
- Emphasizes the distinction between communication...
A Century of Communication Studies
The Unfinished Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This volume chronicles the development of communication studies as a discipline, providing a history of the field and identifying opportunities for future growth. Editors Pat J. Gehrke and William M. Keith have assembled an exceptional list of communication scholars who, in the thirteen chapters contained...