1st Edition
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication
Edited By Brent D. Ruben
Copyright 2003
182 Pages
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Routledge
173 Pages
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Routledge
173 Pages
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Routledge
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This volume brings together diverse and divergent essays on communication as viewed by outstanding scholars in various disciplines. The authors review the mainstream of each approach to communication, sketch the dimensions of that concern, and discuss the problems and potential for future progress.Contents: Lee Thayer, "Communication: Sine Qua Non of the Behavioral Sciences"; Hubert Frings, "Zoology"; Alfred G. Smith, "Anthropology"; Richard W. Budd, "General Semantics"; Brent D. Ruben, "General System Theory"; Joseph M.R. Del-gado, "Neurophysiology"; Herbert Blumer, "Symbolic Interaction"; and Peter L. Berger, "Sociology of Knowledge."
Introduction; 1: Communication: Sine Qua Non of the Behavioral Sciences; 2: Zoology; 3: Anthropology; 4: General Semantics; 5: General System Theory; 6: Neurophysiology; 7: Symbolic Interaction; 8: Sociology of Knowledge
Biography
Brent D. Ruben