Family Communication

Cohesion and Change
10. New Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-415-41782-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 239 mm x 185 mm, Gewicht: 1454 g

Family Communication: Cohesion and Change encourages students to think critically about family interaction patterns and to analyze them using a variety of communication theories. Using a framework of family functions, current research, and first-person narratives, this text emphasizes the diversity of today's families in structure, ethnic patterns, gender socialization, and developmental experiences.

New for the tenth edition are expanded pedagogical features to improve learning and retention, as well as updates on current theory and research integrated throughout the chapters for timely analysis and discussion. Cases and research featured in each chapter provide examples of concepts and themes, and a companion website offers expanded resources for instructors and students.

On the book's companion website, www.routledge.com/cw/galvin, intstructors will find a full suite of online resources to help build their courses and engage their students, as well as an author video introducing the new edition:

Course Materials

- Syllabi & Suggested Calendars

- Course Projects & Paper Examples

- Essay Assignments

- Test/Quiz Questions and Answer Keys

- Case Studies in Family Communication

- Family Communication Film and Television Examples

- Family Communication in Literature Examples

Chapter Outlines

- Detailed Outlines

- Discussion Questions

- Case Study Questions

- Sample Chapter Activities

Chapter PowerPoint Slides

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galvin, Kathleen M. (Northwestern University, USA)

Galvin, Kathleen M.

Braithwaite, Dawn O.

Schrodt, Paul

Bylund, Carma L. (University of Florida,USA)

Bylund, Carma L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What Is a Family? 2. What Is Family Communication? 3. Family Communication Theories 4. Communication Patterns and the Creation of Family Identity 5. Relational Maintenance Within Families 6. Intimacy Within Partnerships and Families 7. Communication and Family Roles and Types 8. Power, Influence, and Decision-Making in Families 9. Communication and Family Conflict 10. Communication and Family Developmental Stresses 11. Family Communication and Unpredictable Stress 12. Family Communication and Well-Being

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen M. Galvin (Ph.D. Northwestern University) is a Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. She has co-authored or edited nine books with multiple editions, as well as multiple chapters and articles. She is one of the founders of the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association and was awarded NCA’s Becker Award for Distinguished Service.

Dawn O. Braithwaite (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is Willa Cather Professor and Chair of Communication at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Braithwaite has authored or edited five books and over 125 articles. She received the National Communication Association’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for Family Communication and the Becker Award for service, was named 2014 Distinguished Scholar of Western States Communication Association, and is a Past President of NCA.

Paul Schrodt (Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is the Philip J. and Cheryl C. Burguières Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas Christian University. He has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, and is the recipient of the National Communication Association’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for Family Communication and the Early Career Award in Interpersonal Communication.

Carma L. Bylund (Ph.D. Northwestern University) is Associate Professor at the University of Florida. She is the author of 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and 20 book chapters, and co-edited the book Family Communication About Genetics: Theory and Practice. Bylund is a fellow of the American Academy of Communication in Healthcare.