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Routledge Communication Series


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The Routledge Communication Series covers the breadth of the communication discipline, from interpersonal communication to public relations, offering textbooks, handbooks, and scholarly reference materials.

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Explaining Illness Research, Theory, and Strategies

Explaining Illness: Research, Theory, and Strategies

1st Edition

Edited By Bryan B. Whaley
November 01, 1999

Understanding one's health conditions plays a key role in a patient's response to illness, influencing stress levels and the likelihood of following treatment regimens and advice. Thus, the explanation of illness is a critical component of the interactions between health care providers and their ...

The Emergent Organization Communication As Its Site and Surface

The Emergent Organization: Communication As Its Site and Surface

1st Edition

By James R. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Van Every
November 01, 1999

Today's organizations face a wide variety of challenges, including such contradictions as maintaining unity of action while becoming increasingly diverse. Even the definition of organization is changing and evolving. In this monograph, the authors apply their academic and professional experience to...

Communication, Race, and Family Exploring Communication in Black, White, and Biracial Families

Communication, Race, and Family: Exploring Communication in Black, White, and Biracial Families

1st Edition

Edited By Thomas J. Socha, Rhunette C. Diggs
August 01, 1999

This groundbreaking volume explores how family communication influences the perennial and controversial topic of race. In assembling this collection, editors Thomas J. Socha and Rhunette C. Diggs argue that the hope for managing America's troubles with "race" lies not only with communicating about ...

From Language To Communication

From Language To Communication

2nd Edition

By Donald G. Ellis
August 01, 1999

From Language to Communication focuses on the structure of texts and on the social and psychological aspects of language. Utilizing current thinking and research, this volume provides an overview of issues in linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognition, pragmatics, discourse, and semantics as they ...

Mass Media Education in Transition Preparing for the 21st Century

Mass Media Education in Transition: Preparing for the 21st Century

1st Edition

By Thomas Dickson
August 01, 1999

Media educators have long been debating the nature and purpose of media education. Issues relating to new technologies and the changing state of the media industry are ongoing concerns, but some of the most difficult questions go to the actual structure of media education itself: Is it best ...

Hollywood Planet Global Media and the Competitive Advantage of Narrative Transparency

Hollywood Planet: Global Media and the Competitive Advantage of Narrative Transparency

1st Edition

By Scott Robert Olson
May 01, 1999

The popularity of American television programs and feature films in the international marketplace is widely recognized but scarcely understood. Existing studies have not sufficiently explained the global power of the American media nor its actual effects. In this volume, Scott Robert Olson tackles ...

Leadership in Times of Change A Handbook for Communication and Media Administrators

Leadership in Times of Change: A Handbook for Communication and Media Administrators

1st Edition

Edited By William G. Christ
October 01, 1998

This book addresses many of the issues facing new and seasoned communication and media administrators. Though there are business-oriented management and leadership books, there is no handbook--to the editor's knowledge--that emphasizes academic administration. This book fills an important gap in ...

Perspectives on Radio and Television Telecommunication in the United States

Perspectives on Radio and Television: Telecommunication in the United States

4th Edition

By F. Leslie Smith, David H. Ostroff, John W. Wright
August 01, 1998

This textbook describes the field of radio and television in the United States, presents the material in a manner the reader can grasp and enjoy, and makes the book useful for the classroom teacher. Written for adaptation to individual teaching situations, the book is divided by subject matter ...

Humor and the Healing Arts A Multimethod Analysis of Humor Use in Health Care

Humor and the Healing Arts: A Multimethod Analysis of Humor Use in Health Care

1st Edition

By Athena du Pré
November 01, 1997

Offering a social scientific look at humor's role in medical transactions, this volume is based on extensive field study in seven medical settings. It includes excerpts from dozens of actual conversations between patients and caregivers. Analysis of these episodes reveals that humor is a practical ...

Mass Communications Research Resources An Annotated Guide

Mass Communications Research Resources: An Annotated Guide

1st Edition

Edited By Christopher Sterling, James K. Bracken, Susan M. Hill
September 01, 1997

This reference book is designed as a road map for researchers who need to find specific information about American mass communication as expeditiously as possible. Taking a topical approach, it integrates publications and organizations into subject-focused chapters for easy user reference. The ...

Planning Strategic Interaction Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action

Planning Strategic Interaction: Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action

1st Edition

By Charles R. Berger
June 01, 1997

In an earlier era, the communication field was dominated by the study of mediated and unmediated message effects during which considerable research focused on the attitudinal and action consequences of exposure to messages. A more catholic purview of the communication process exists today. This ...

The Public and the National Agenda How People Learn About Important Issues

The Public and the National Agenda: How People Learn About Important Issues

1st Edition

By Wayne Wanta
June 01, 1997

Focusing on the agenda-setting function of the news media from an information processing standpoint, this volume examines how individuals expose themselves to news media content and how this content translates into issue salience. It utilizes the individual as the unit of measurement. Many ...

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