Communication Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Interpersonal Communication

   Putting Theory into Practice

   By Denise Solomon, Jennifer Theiss

   Some of us may believe that interpersonal communication is a matter of common sense or that skillful communication is an innate ability that you either have or you don’t. In this text, Denise Solomon and Jennifer Theiss demonstrate that interpersonal communication skills are not just common...

   Published January 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Screening the Public Sphere

   Media and Democracy in India

   By Saima Saeed

   For centuries, democracy and development have steered the imagination of governments, citizens, intelligentsia and policymakers alike. Democracy without free media is a contradiction, while development without democracy is futile. Highlighting the power and significance of contemporary media, this...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
3. Strategic Planning for Public Relations

   4th Edition

   By Ronald D. Smith

   This innovative and popular text provides a clear pathway to developing public relations campaigns and other types of strategic communication. Implementing the pragmatic, in-depth approach of the previous editions, author Ronald D. Smith presents a step-by-step unfolding of the strategic campaign...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of Media Law

   Edited by Monroe Price, Stefaan Verhulst, Libby Morgan

   Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law, this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handbook does not simply offer a synopsis of the state of affairs in media law jurisprudence, rather it&...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Rhetoric and Discourse in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

   Sensemaking in Judicial Decisions

   By Ryan Malphurs

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   While legal scholars, psychologists, and political scientists commonly voice their skepticism over the influence oral arguments have on the Court’s voting pattern, this book offers a contrarian position focused on close scrutiny of the justices’ communication within oral arguments. Malphurs...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. William Blake and the Digital Humanities

   Collaboration, Participation, and Social Media

   By Roger Whitson, Jason Whittaker

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   William Blake’s work demonstrates two tendencies that are central to social media: collaboration and participation. Not only does Blake cite and adapt the work of earlier authors and visual artists, but contemporary authors, musicians, and filmmakers feel compelled to use Blake in their own...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
7. Perspectives on Human-Animal Communication

   Internatural Communication

   Edited by Emily Plec

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   Despite its inherent interdisciplinarity, the Communication discipline has remained an almost entirely anthropocentric enterprise. This book represents early and prominent forays into the subject of human-animal communication from a Communication Studies perspective, an effort that brings a...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Power of Words

   Unveiling the Speaker and Writer's Hidden Craft

   By David S. Kaufer, Suguru Ishizaki, Brian S. Butler, Jeff Collins

   In 1888, Mark Twain reflected on the writer's special feel for words to his correspondent, George Bainton, noting that "the difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter." We recognize differences between a politician who is "willful" and one who is "willing"...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Handbook of Communication History

   Edited by Peter Simonson, Janice Peck, Robert T Craig, John Jackson

   Series: ICA Handbook Series

   The Handbook of Communication History addresses central ideas, social practices, and media of communication as they have developed across time, cultures, and world geographical regions. It attends to both the varieties of communication in world history and the historical investigation of those...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. Visual Communication on the Web

    By xtine burrough, Paul Martin Lester

    Most web design books developed for the trade market are a series of exercises without a theoretical, aesthetic, or historic framework. In this book, Visual Communication on the Web, web design exercises are accompanied by concise introductions that relate history, design principles, and...

    Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge