1st Edition
Building Communication Theories A Socio/cultural Approach
Edited By Fred L. Casmir
Copyright 1994
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Concern with various matters related to humans as they communicate has led to an increase in both research and theorizing during the second half of the 20th century. As a matter of fact, so many scholars and so many disciplines have become involved in this process that it is virtually impossible to understand and appreciate all that has been accomplished so far. This book focuses on one important... Read more
Contents: F.L. Casmir, Preface. Part I:Theorizing: The Process of Sense-Making. F.L. Casmir, The Role of Theory and Theory Building. Part II:Building Theory: The Role of Assumptions. S.R. Olson, Renewed Alchemy: Science and Humanism in Communication Epistemology. J.A. Anderson, H.L. Goodall, Jr., Probing the Body Ethnographic: From an Anatomy of Inquiry to a Poetics of Expression. Part III:The Foundations of Communication: Human Beings and Language. W.A. Beach, Orienting to the Phenomenon. Part IV:Foci of Theory Building: Individuals and Their Associations. G.H. Stamp, A.L. Vangelisti, M.L. Knapp, Criteria for Developing and Assessing Theories of Interpersonal Communication. R.S. Fortner, Mediated Communication Theory. D.S. Gouran, R.Y. Hirokawa, M.C. McGee, L.L. Miller, Communication in Groups: Research Trends and Theoretical Perspectives. D.P. Cushman, B. Kovacic, Human Communication: A Rules Perspective. F.L. Casmir, Conclusions.
Biography
Fred L. Casmir
"Though Casmir's impressive and useful work appears to have been created as a textbook for upper-division undergraduates and for graduate students, it is apt to interest almost anyone studying theory building in general and communication theory in particular....this book deserves to be in any university library."
—CHOICE
