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1. Strategic Interpersonal Communication

   Edited by John A. Daly, John M. Wiemann

   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
2. Cultures, Politics, and Research Programs

   An International Assessment of Practical Problems in Field Research

   Edited by Uma Narula, W. Barnett Pearce

   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
3. Biotechnology and Communication

   The Meta-Technologies of Information

   Edited by Sandra Braman

   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
4. Managing Uncertainty in Organizational Communication

   By Michael W. Kramer

   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
5. Deciding Communication Law

   Key Cases in Context

   By Susan Dente Ross

   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
6. Defending the First

   Commentary on First Amendment Issues and Cases

   Edited by Joseph Russomanno

   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
7. Media Diversity and Localism

   Meaning and Metrics

   Edited by Philip M. Napoli

   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
8. Making Media Content

   The Influence of Constituency Groups on Mass Media

   By John A. Fortunato

   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
9. Arguing

   Exchanging Reasons Face to Face

   By Dale Hample

   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
10. The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Anita L. Vangelisti

    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