Handbook of Communication Science
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 1987
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-8039-2199-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Communication Science is the first authoritative, single-volume reference to synthesize and develop the varying perspectives and approaches within the field.
An outstanding list of contributors provides a comprehensive overview of: mass communication; interpersonal communication; organizational communication; intercultural communication; and health communication.
This indispensable volume covers all facets of communication science, from the historical and theoretical to the practical and applied. With incisive analyses, literature reviews, thorough bibliographies and suggestions for future research, the Handbook of Communication Science is a pioneering collection and essential reference resource for scholars, practitioners and students.
An outstanding list of contributors provides a comprehensive overview of: mass communication; interpersonal communication; organizational communication; intercultural communication; and health communication.
This indispensable volume covers all facets of communication science, from the historical and theoretical to the practical and applied. With incisive analyses, literature reviews, thorough bibliographies and suggestions for future research, the Handbook of Communication Science is a pioneering collection and essential reference resource for scholars, practitioners and students.
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Persons
CHARLES R. BERGER (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis. His research interests include message production processes and the processing of threat-related messages by intuitive and rational systems. He is a former editor of Human Communication Research and co-editor (with Sandra Ball Rokeach) of Communication Research. He is currently a member of several editorial boards of communication journals. He is a Fellow and a Past President of the International Communication Association. Berger has published a three-digit integer's worth of articles and book chapters. Among the books he has published are Language and Social Knowledge: Uncertainty in Interpersonal Relations (with James J. Bradac); a volume which received both the NCA Golden Anniversary Book Award and the ICA Fellows Book Award. Social Cognition and Communication (with Michael E. Roloff) received a book award from NCA's Social Cognition Division. He also co-edited the first edition of the Handbook of Communication Science (with Steven H. Chaffee) and Communication and Social Influence Processes (with Michael Burgoon). His book Planning Strategic Interaction: Attaining Goals through Communicative Action received the NCA Interpersonal Communication Division's Gerald R. Miller Book Award. He is co-recipient (with Judee Burgoon) of NCA's Mark Knapp Award. He is currently an area editor for the International Encyclopedia of Communication.
Content
PART ONE: OVERVIEWS
The Study of Communication as a Science - Charles R Berger and Steven H Chaffee
Communication Research - Jesse G Delia
A History
What Communication Scientists Do - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
Beyond Science - Thomas B Farrell
Humanities Contributions to Communication Theory
PART TWO: LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
Levels of Analysis - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
The Individual's Place in Communication Science - Dean E Hewes and Sally Planalp
Interpersonal Communication - Joseph N Cappella
Definitions and Fundamental Questions
The Network Level of Analysis - Peter R Monge
The Macrosocial Level of Communication Science - Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler
PART THREE: FUNCTIONS
Functions of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
Functions of Communication - Denis McQuail
A Non-functionalist Overview
Language, Social Comparison, and Power - Howard Giles and John M Wiemann
Nonverbal Signals - Mark L Knapp, Michael J Cody and Kathaleen Kelley Reardon
Socializing Functions - Garrett O'Keefe and Kathleen Reid-Nash
Persuasian - Gerald R Miller
Communication and Conflict - Michael E Roloff
PART FOUR: CONTEXTS
Contexts of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
Family Process - Arthur P Bochner and Eric M Eisenberg
System Perspectives
Marital Interaction - Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Communication and Children - Ellen Wartella and Byron Reeves
Consumer Behavior - Scott Ward
The Health Care Context - Loyd Pettegrew and Robert Logan
Organizational Assimilation - Frederic M Jablin and Kathleen J Krone
Professional Mass Communicators - James S Ettema, D Charles Whitney with Daniel B Wackman
Public Opinion Processes - Vincent Price and Donald F Roberts
Communication Campaigns - Everett M Rogers and J Douglas Storey
Cross-Cultural Comparisons - William B Gudykunst
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION
Epilogue - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
The Study of Communication as a Science - Charles R Berger and Steven H Chaffee
Communication Research - Jesse G Delia
A History
What Communication Scientists Do - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
Beyond Science - Thomas B Farrell
Humanities Contributions to Communication Theory
PART TWO: LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
Levels of Analysis - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
The Individual's Place in Communication Science - Dean E Hewes and Sally Planalp
Interpersonal Communication - Joseph N Cappella
Definitions and Fundamental Questions
The Network Level of Analysis - Peter R Monge
The Macrosocial Level of Communication Science - Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler
PART THREE: FUNCTIONS
Functions of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
Functions of Communication - Denis McQuail
A Non-functionalist Overview
Language, Social Comparison, and Power - Howard Giles and John M Wiemann
Nonverbal Signals - Mark L Knapp, Michael J Cody and Kathaleen Kelley Reardon
Socializing Functions - Garrett O'Keefe and Kathleen Reid-Nash
Persuasian - Gerald R Miller
Communication and Conflict - Michael E Roloff
PART FOUR: CONTEXTS
Contexts of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger
An Introduction
Family Process - Arthur P Bochner and Eric M Eisenberg
System Perspectives
Marital Interaction - Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Communication and Children - Ellen Wartella and Byron Reeves
Consumer Behavior - Scott Ward
The Health Care Context - Loyd Pettegrew and Robert Logan
Organizational Assimilation - Frederic M Jablin and Kathleen J Krone
Professional Mass Communicators - James S Ettema, D Charles Whitney with Daniel B Wackman
Public Opinion Processes - Vincent Price and Donald F Roberts
Communication Campaigns - Everett M Rogers and J Douglas Storey
Cross-Cultural Comparisons - William B Gudykunst
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION
Epilogue - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger