Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Foundations of Applied Communication Research 1. The Development of Applied Communication Research 2. Across Applied Divides: Great Debates of Applied Communication Scholarship 3. Practical Theory in Applied Communication Scholarship Part 2: Methods of Applied Communication Research 4. Using Quantitative Methods to Conduct Applied Communication Research 5. Rhetorical Methods of Applied Communication Scholarship 6. Ethnography in Applied Communication Research 7. Discourse Analysis: The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing, and Analyzing Talk Part 3: Issues in Applied Communication Research 8. Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research: Taking a Feminist Turn 9. Race as Political Identity: Problematic Issues for Applied Communication Research 10. Technology in/as Applied Communication Research 11. Managing a World of Problems: The Implications of Globalization for Applied Communication Research 12. Applied Communication Ethics: A Summary and Critique of the Research Literature Part 4: Contexts of Applied Communication Research 13. Family as Agency of Potential: Toward a Positive Ontology of Applied Family Communication Theory and Research 14. Organizational Communication and Applied Communication Research: Parallels, Intersections, Integration, and Engagement 15. In the Public Interest: Communication in Nonprofit Organizations 16. Health Communication as Applied Communication Inquiry 17. Communication in the Helping Professions 18. Aging and Applied Communication Research 19. Applied Political Communication Research 20. Applied Communication Research in Educational Contexts 21. Communication for Participatory Development: Dialogue, Action, and Change Part 5: Exemplary Programs of Applied Communication Research 22. Drug Resistance Strategies Project: Using Narrative Theory to Enhance Adolescents’ Communication Competence 23. Applied Research on Group Decision Support Systems: The Minnesota GDSS Project 24. Fear Appeals and Public Health: Managing Fear and Creating Hope 25. The Multiple Faces of the Public Dialogue Consortium: Scholars, Practitioners, and Dreamers of Better Social Worlds