Communication Studies

The Essential Resource
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-28793-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

Reihe: Essentials

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.

Zielgruppe

AS/A2 and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beck, Andrew

Bennett, Peter

Wall, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationsmanagement, Public Relations
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Massenmedien & Massenkommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Verbale & Nonverbale Kommunikationsprozesse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Public Relations

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall