Communication category: 5490 books
News as Entertainment
The Rise of Global Infotainment
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2008
"Thussu brings to this project the passion for news of a socially committed former journalist, the political economy of his international relations education and a formidable assembly of global detail, examining the recent explosion of 'infotainment'."
- John Downing, Southern Illinois University
"Thussu's...
Discourse Studies
A Multidisciplinary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
"A landmark in the oeuvre of one of the founding fathers of discourse analysis. Van Dijk has managed to edit a volume of lasting significance, and some of the chapters in this book belong to the most widely read in the field. In its totality, Discourse Studies offers us a 360 degree tour of the...
The Pin Drop Principle
Captivate, Influence, and Communicate Better Using the Time-Tested Methods of Professional Performers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Tap into the powerful techniques of professional actors and great communicators
The Pin Drop Principle is a step-by-step master class for anyone wishing to become a more confident and credible communicator. Lewis and Mills believe all business professionals ought to deliver their message in...
by Nadine Ghanawi
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 2,7, The FOM University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, course: Intercultural Competences, language: English, abstract: Moulin Rouge, red wine, champagne and 365 sorts of cheese - for many people France...
Iconic Sports Venues
Persuasion in Public Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
From the Colosseum of Rome to Wrigley Field and Madison Square Garden, iconic sports venues are larger than life. They often exist in a seemingly "sacred" space, outside the hustle and bustle of the everyday. At their most basic level, iconic sports venues are revered and idolized. They emanate a...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
When citizens take to the streets or pack assembly halls or share their ideas through the minority press, they often give voice to truths and logic that have otherwise been given little or no airing through the available institutional channels offered by democratic states. Such discourses offer new...
Rhetorical Touch
Disability, Identification, Haptics
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition focused on shaping able bodies and neurotypical minds,...
Crisis Communications
Lessons from September 11
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important...
The Presenter's Toolbox
Time-saving tools to build better presentations
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This toolbox provides a series of models to help you develop clear, concise content for virtually any presentation challenge you'll face.
It will save you time. It will improve your effectiveness. And it is constructed on the assumption that the best approach to building any presentation...
Your Body at Work
A Guide to Sight-reading the Body Language of Business, Bosses, and Boardrooms
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT IN BUSINESS?
STOP LISTENING AND START WATCHING
Your Body at Work is a guide to seeing past the words that fill the hallways, conference rooms, and e-mails of your workplace, and to deciphering the hidden meanings that lie behind them. Through real-life examples from...
by Rebekka Schliep
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,0, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: A number of companies in Bremen, Germany, have opened positions for internships and vocational training to refugees and are currently...
Persuasion
Social Influence and Compliance Gaining
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Now in its sixth edition, Persuasion: Social Influence and Compliance Gaining continues to boast an accessible voice and vibrant aesthetic that appeals to undergraduate students of communication, psychology, advertising, and marketing. In addition to presenting established theories and models, this...
by John W. Gastil
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
The Group in Society meets the challenges of teaching courses on small groups by revealing the full complexity of small groups and their place in society. It shows students the value of learning how to carefully study a group's history and context, rather than merely learning a fixed set of group...
The Inspiration Code
How the Best Leaders Energize People Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Everyone wants to be the kind of leader who can energize and mobilize others with their words, who in a single conversation can change the direction of someone’s life. But why is it that so few crack the code of how to do just that? Executive coach Kristi Hedges has spent years studying exactly...