1st Edition
Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research
FOREWORD
Robert Craig
CHAPTER ONE
An Introduction to Some Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research
Patrice Buzzanell & Donal Carbaugh
CHAPTER TWO
Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research: A Dialogic Approach to Interpersonal/Family Communication
Leslie A. Baxter
CHAPTER THREE
The Promise of Communication in Large-Scale, Community-Based Research
Michael Hecht
CHAPTER FOUR
Politically Attentive Relational Constructionism (PARC): Making a Difference in a Pluralistic, Interdependent World
Stanley Deetz
CHAPTER FIVE
The Importance of Communication Science in Addressing Core Problems in Public Health
Joseph N. Cappella and Robert Hornik
CHAPTER SIX
Researching Culture in Contexts of Social Interaction: An Ethnographic Approach, a Network of Scholars, and Illustrative Moves
Gerry Philipsen
CHAPTER SEVEN
Reflections on Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research
Donal Carbaugh and Patrice Buzzanell
Biography
Donal Carbaugh is Professor of Communication and Chair of the International Studies Council (2004-present) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His most recent book, Cultures in Conversation, was designated the Outstanding Book of the Year by the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Focusing on indigenous, environmental, and cultural issues, he has served as Fulbright’s Distinguished Professor and Bicentennial Chair at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has enjoyed lecturing about the distinctive qualities of communication research around the world.
Patrice M. Buzzanell is professor in the Department of Communication at Purdue University where she earned her Ph.D. in organizational communication. Her research interests center on feminist organizational communication theorizing and the construction of gendered workplace identities, interactions, and structures, particularly as they relate to career processes and outcomes. For her edited book, Rethinking Organizational and Managerial Communication from Feminist Perspectives (Sage, 2000), she received the Central States Communication Association’s Theory Book Award in 2002. She also earned the W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award from the International Communication Association in 1988. She has been highly involved in ICA and NCA, as well as the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. She will become president of ICA in 2010.
Robert Craig, Colorado: "This volume brings together several of the top people in the field of communication, along with several administrator and funding agency commentators, to reflect on the field’s distinctive qualities. The description suggests a well organized volume, and the uniformly high stature of the authors suggests it will be a substantive volume at a general level (given its relatively short length). It is certainly relevant to the discipline, offering several ways of answering the endlessly repeated "What is communication (studies)?" question. The idea of a short, high quality book that we could recommend to administrators as well as colleagues and students curious about the field is attractive."
