New and Published Books
1-10 of 418 results in Routledge Communication Series
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Strategic Interpersonal Communication
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This book discusses how people go about achieving their social goals through human symbolic interaction. The editors' collective presumption is that there are more or less typical ways that people attempt to obtain desired outcomes -- be they persuasive, informative, conflictive, or the like --...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Cultures, Politics, and Research Programs
An International Assessment of Practical Problems in Field Research
Series: Routledge Communication Series
A compilation of authoritative reports from seasoned researchers working in eight different countries on five continents, this volume examines the concept that conditions of local feasibility are constitutive of research practices not simply obstructions to the realization of an ideal. The result...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Biotechnology and Communication
The Meta-Technologies of Information
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This volume examines the convergence of biotechnology and communication systems and explores how this convergence directly influences our understanding of the nature of communication. Editor Sandra Braman brings together scholars to examine this convergence in three areas: genetic information and "...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Managing Uncertainty in Organizational Communication
Series: Routledge Communication Series
In this book, Michael W. Kramer applies uncertainty reduction theory (URT)--a key theory in current communication scholarship--to the context of organizational communication. Examining URT and the range of research applicable to organizational settings, Kramer proposes a groundbreaking theory of...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Deciding Communication Law
Key Cases in Context
Series: Routledge Communication Series
This clearly written and well-focused volume combines concise decisions of the primary areas of communication law with the foundational case decisions in those domains. Thus, in one volume, students of communication law, constitutional law, political science, and related fields find both the key...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Defending the First
Commentary on First Amendment Issues and Cases
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Defending the First provides a collection of new perspectives on the First Amendment in legal and communication contexts. Editor Joseph Russomanno brings together a roster of major figures who have participated in the shaping of First Amendment law over the past 30 years. Readers are taken into a...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Media Diversity and Localism
Meaning and Metrics
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Questions concerning the quality of media performance and the effectiveness of media policymaking often revolve around the extent to which the media system fulfills the values inherent in diversity and localism principles. This edited volume addresses challenges and issues relating to diversity in...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Making Media Content
The Influence of Constituency Groups on Mass Media
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Making Media Content addresses the development of media content and the various factors and constituencies that influence content, such as advertisers, corporate interests, owners, and advocacy groups. It examines the strategic decision-making of mass media organizations as they determine what...
Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Arguing
Exchanging Reasons Face to Face
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Arguing: Exchanging Reasons Face to Face describes the process and products of face-to-face argument. Author Dale Hample presents arguing as a type of interpersonal interaction, rather than as a kind of text or a feature of a public speech. He focuses primarily on argument production, and explores...
Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
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The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Communication Series
With a synthesis of research on issues key to understanding family interaction, as well as an analysis of many theoretical and methodological choices made by researchers studying family communication, the Handbook serves to advance the field by reframing old questions and stimulating new ones. The...
Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
Forthcoming Books
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Sourcebook for Political Communication Research: Methods, Measures, and Analytical Techniques
To Be Published March 26th 2013 -
Self Versus Others: Media, Messages, and the Third-Person Effect
To Be Published April 9th 2013 -
Strategic Social Media
To Be Published June 30th 2013 -
Ratings Analysis: Theory and Practice, 4th Edition
To Be Published June 30th 2013 -
The Dynamics of Persuasion: Communication and Attitudes in the 21st Century, 5th Edition
To Be Published July 21st 2013 -
Media Effects and Society, 2nd Edition
To Be Published August 14th 2013 -
Managing Interpersonal Conflict: Advances through Meta-Analysis
To Be Published August 31st 2013 -
Sports Media: Audiences, Industries, and Issues
To Be Published November 30th 2013 -
Applied Public Relations: Cases in Stakeholder Management, 3rd Edition
To Be Published January 14th 2014


