The Routledge Communication Series covers the breadth of the communication discipline, from interpersonal communication to public relations, offering textbooks, handbooks, and scholarly reference materials.
By David S. Kaufer, Kathleen M. Carley
February 01, 1993
This book bridges an important gap between two major approaches to mass communication -- historical and social scientific. To do so, it employs a theory of communication that unifies social, cultural and technological concerns into a systematic and formal framework that is then used to examine the ...
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By Peter Vorderer, Jennings Bryant
March 28, 2006
From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses...
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By Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant
June 01, 1989
"...provides good coverage of the empirical literature."—Journal of Communication "...well written and presents a wide diversity of approaches to pornography."—CHOICE...
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By Hugh M. Culbertson, Dennis W. Jeffers, Donna Besser Stone, Martin Terrell
May 01, 1993
Two commissions within the Public Relations Society of America have recently defined courses in case-study analysis, research methods, and behavioral-science theory as central to an acceptable public relations curriculum. To date, these three "streams" within PR education have run independently of ...
By Daniel J. Canary, Sandra Lakey
July 03, 2012
Strategic Conflict offers a research-based, accessible analysis of how people can manage conflict productively. Moving beyond the basics of conflict, it examines interpersonal situations in which conflict occurs and promotes strategic communicative responses based on the latest theoretical research...
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By Amy Reynolds, Brooke Barnett
July 27, 2012
Communication and Law brings together scholars from law and communication to talk both generally and specifically about the theoretical and methodological approaches one can use to study the First Amendment and general communication law issues. The volume is intended to help graduate...
By Beth Bonniwell Haslett, Wendy Samter
June 21, 2012
Offering a unique focus on the development of human communication, this book integrates and synthesizes a more comprehensive array of research than most investigations of communicative development. As such, it incorporates materials dealing with the development of nonverbal communication, language,...
By Otto Lerbinger
November 03, 2011
Responding to the era of crises in which we now live, The Crisis Manager offers wise counsel for anticipating and responding to crises as well as taking the steps required to reduce the impact of these events. Spotlighting the reality of crisis at levels ranging from local to global, author Otto ...
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By Andrea Hollingshead, Marshall Scott Poole
November 23, 2011
This volume provides an overview of the methodological issues and challenges inherent in the study of small groups from the perspective of seasoned researchers in communication, psychology and other fields in the behavioral and social sciences. It summarizes the current state of group methods in a ...
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By Seth M. Noar, Nancy Grant Harrington
March 08, 2012
eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change provides an overview of technological applications in contemporary health communication research, exploring the history and current uses of eHealth applications in disease prevention and management. This volume focuses on the use of ...
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By David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat
May 10, 2012
The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more...
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By Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Dejan Vercic
April 16, 2012
Culture and Public Relations explores the impact of culture – societal and organizational – through the global lens of public relations. Structuring the volume around three themes -- culture as an environment for public relations; the culture of PR globally; and the impact of PR on culture -- the ...