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31. Communication in Eastern Europe

    The Role of History, Culture, and Media in Contemporary Conflicts

    Edited by Fred L. Casmir

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This volume represents a clear attempt to learn something from the events in Eastern European countries. It does not start with simplistic or old assumptions based on convenient Western communication models, but instead takes a new approach. If chaos theory could fundamentally change how physicists...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
32. Crafting Society

    Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory

    By Donald G. Ellis

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The study of communication, language, and discourse is at once simple, elegant, and complex. Each of these areas is informed by "micro" subjective experiences of individuals and the "macro" processes of a culture. Communication itself is thoroughly modern yet it seeks anchorage in the traditions of...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
33. Selective Exposure To Communication

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
34. Building Communication Theories

    A Socio/cultural Approach

    Edited by Fred L. Casmir

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    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...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
35. Persuasive Communication and Drug Abuse Prevention

    Edited by Lewis Donohew, Howard E. Sypher, William J. Bukoski

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The history of drug abuse prevention campaigns suggests limitations in producing measurable changes in behavior. In the past, there was concern over the possibility of such publicity actually encouraging interest in drug use, rather than discouraging such behavior. Although little or no...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
36. Interactive Oral History Interviewing

    Edited by Eva M. McMahan, Kim Lacy Rogers

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    The essays in this anthology represent, in the broadest sense, an interpretive perspective of inquiry that has flourished in oral history for the past 15 years. This perspective considers oral history interviews as subjective, socially constructed and emergent events; that is, understanding,...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
37. The Formation of Campaign Agendas

    A Comparative Analysis of Party and Media Roles in Recent American and British Elections

    By Holli A. Semetko, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch, David H. Weaver, Steve Barkin

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    This unusual volume seeks to accomplish three related goals: * to assess the extent and limits of media power in election campaigns * to extend the concept of media agenda-setting to include the contributions of powerful news sources in the process of election agenda formation * to evaluate...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
38. Debate and Critical Analysis

    The Harmony of Conflict

    By Robert James Branham

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Rather than approach debate primarily as a form of interscholastic competition, this unique book identifies it as an activity that occurs in many settings: scientific conferences, newspaper op-ed pages, classrooms, courts of law, and everyday domestic life. Debate is discussed as an integral part...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
39. Public Relations Research Annual

    Volume 3

    Edited by Larissa A. Grunig, James E. Grunig

    Published in book form, this is a scholarly periodical of academic research in public relations, containing refereed reviews and reports of original studies. It follows the current trend toward more solidly grounded, theoretical research in a field that has only begun to mature. The studies and...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
40. Aids

    A Communication Perspective

    Edited by Timothy Edgar, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Vicki S. Freimuth

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Prevention through appropriate behavior is the best weapon available to fight further spread of HIV infection. However, individuals take necessary actions to prevent diseases such as AIDS only when they are properly informed and they feel motivated to respond to the information they possess. In...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge