Communication category: 5490 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This collection, aimed at scholars, teachers, and practitioners in technical communication, focuses on the praxis-based connections between technical communication and theoretical movements that have emerged in the past several decades, namely new materialism and posthumanism. It provides a much needed...
Mediating Cultures
Parenting in Intercultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
This book explores the communication challenges faced by parents as they raise children who are bi-cultural, multi-cultural, or are adopted from a heritage other than the parents. Each contributor views the family as a site of intercultural dialogue and mediation, and uses compelling studies throughout...
When Organization Fails
Why Authority Matters
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters develops the study of authority as an area of investigation in organizational communication and management. As a research topic, authority has rarely been addressed in depth in the management and organizational communication literature. It is critical,...
Tracing Family Lines
The Impact of Genealogy Research on Family Communication
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Family genealogy research has grown exponentially over the past decade, making it an area worthy of scholarly inquest. Tracing Family Lines: The Impact of Genealogy Research on Family Communication, by Amy M. Smith, explores the connection between women and genealogy by examining the ways inherited...
Communication and Information Technologies Annual
Digital Distinctions & Inequalities
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Section of the American Sociological Association, Volume 10 of the Communication and Information Technologies Annual, Digital Distinctions & Inequalities, brings together nine studies of this increasingly important form of inequality....
Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication
Scholarly and Pedagogical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
In Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication, teachers, researchers, and practitioners will find a variety of theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, and teaching approaches to advocacy and citizenship. Specifically, the collection is organized around three main themes or sections: considerations...
Family Communication
Cohesion and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Family Communication: Cohesion and Change encourages students to think critically about family interaction patterns and to analyze them using a variety of communication theories. Using a framework of family functions, current research, and first-person narratives, this text emphasizes the diversity...
The Inside Man
Evaluating Security Communication Failures at a United States Commercial Airport
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Organizational communication impacts service efficiency and productivity. An increase in federal funding to strengthen communication within the airport stakeholders has failed to deliver expected results. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore whether miscommunication among the TSA...
Studies in Language and Social Interaction
In Honor of Robert Hopper
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
This collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world's leading researchers and cut across academic boundaries, engaging scholars and teachers from such disciplines as communication, sociology, anthropology,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
There is a significant amount of research that substantiates the connection between social support/relationships and the development, onset, and/or recovery of several physical diseases/illnesses. Research has shown, for example, that an unhappy marriage can increase the likelihood of becoming ill...
Language, Society and Power
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Language, Society and Power is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety of social contexts.
This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It considers whether...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This book focuses on the complexities of the communication of health-related messages and information through the use of case studies. The expert contributors to this volume are scholars who, during their research and consulting, grapple with many of the issues of concern to those studying health...
The Compass of Friendship
Narratives, Identities, and Dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
**2012 Recipient of the Gerald R. Miller Book Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association (NCA)
2009 Recipient of the David R. Maines Narrative Research Award from the Ethnography Division of the National Communication Association (NCA)**
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by Thierry Saussez
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Spécialiste de la communication institutionnelle et publique, Thierry Saussez a travaillé avec les plus grandes stars de la République et plusieurs chefs d’État ou de gouvernement à travers le monde. Puisant parmi vingt-cinq années de souvenirs, en France et à l’étranger, il nous livre...