1st Edition

Communication Studies The Essential Resource

Edited By Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall Copyright 2004
    368 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    366 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book brings together a huge range of material including academic articles, film scripts and interplanetary messages adrift on space probes with supporting commentary to clarify their imporatance to the field. Communication Studies: The Essential Resource is a collection of essays and texts for all those studying communication at university and pre-university level.

    Individual sections address:

    * texts and meanings in communication
    * themes in personal communication
    * communication practice
    * culture, communication and context
    * debates and controversies in communication.

    Edited by the same teachers and examiners who brought us AS Communication Studies: The Essential Introduction, this volume will help communications students to engage with the subject successfully. Its key features include:

    * suggested further activities at the end of each chapter
    * a glossary of key terms
    * a comprehensive bibliography with web resources.

    Part 1: Texts and Meanings in Communication  Approaching Theory, Semiotics, Language and the World  Part 2: Themes in Personal Communication  Social Interaction, Non-verbal Codes, Power in Groups, 'Male' and 'Female' Talk  Part 3: Communication Practice  Research Methods, Writing Style, Rhetoric  Part 4: Culture, Communication and Context Ideology  High and Low Culture, Marxism, Feminism, Post-Colonialism  Part 5: Debates and Controversies in Communication Globalisation  Technology as Culture, Communication and Socialisation

    Biography

    Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall