The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition
Published on 26. February 2026
534 pages
978-1-040-49752-4 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of theory, research, and applications of research in communication and social cognition.
Written by leading figures across an array of disciplines, chapters in this handbook explicate the interplay of communication and social cognition to form a vantage point for the study of concepts such as framing, stereotypes, social perceptions, mood and affect, intergroup conflict, media effects, decision making, and language and thought that are widely used in the social, cognitive, and behavioural sciences. The book is divided into seven sections: the first two sections reflect basic discussions about how processes of thought and communication are related and how social realities are influenced by aspects of communication; sections 3 to 6 address specified fields including interpersonal communication, communication between groups, digital communication, and communication in applied fields of marketing, media, and health; and the final section describes innovative methods to pursue the study of communication and social cognition.
This handbook integrates advances in theory and research that are rooted in and will be of interest to the fields of communication, psychology, cognitive science, media studies, linguistics, marketing, public health, management, and organizational studies.
Written by leading figures across an array of disciplines, chapters in this handbook explicate the interplay of communication and social cognition to form a vantage point for the study of concepts such as framing, stereotypes, social perceptions, mood and affect, intergroup conflict, media effects, decision making, and language and thought that are widely used in the social, cognitive, and behavioural sciences. The book is divided into seven sections: the first two sections reflect basic discussions about how processes of thought and communication are related and how social realities are influenced by aspects of communication; sections 3 to 6 address specified fields including interpersonal communication, communication between groups, digital communication, and communication in applied fields of marketing, media, and health; and the final section describes innovative methods to pursue the study of communication and social cognition.
This handbook integrates advances in theory and research that are rooted in and will be of interest to the fields of communication, psychology, cognitive science, media studies, linguistics, marketing, public health, management, and organizational studies.
Reviews / Votes
"The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition is a landmark volume that brings together a dream team of interdisciplinary scholars. Covering everything from the nuts and bolts of theory to the frontiers of AI and digital life, this volume is a one-stop shop for anyone curious about how communication shapes (and is shaped by) the way we think, feel, and connect. It is forward-thinking, comprehensive, and surprisingly fun."Andrea Hollingshead, Professor of Communication, University of Southern California, USA
"Communication Science has emerged in the past 50 years as a separate, but hybrid field of studies of increasing scientific and social importance as the stream of mass communication received by members of modern societies reaches flood tide levels. The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition provides the best on-ramp to the intersection of psychological science and communication science currently available. After reading many of the individual chapters, I am impressed by the quality, usefulness, and insightfulness of the varied contributions from major thinkers involved in this fast-moving area of research. Anyone trying to make sense of the impact on Society of the incredible broadband of communications streaming into the lives of every citizen embedded in the dense network of electronic, print, and face-to-face communication that make up the modern information environment will find something of value in this volume."
Reid Hastie, Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago, USA
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
11 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white
File size
16,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-49752-4 (9781040497524)
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Torsten Reimer | Lyn M. van Swol | Arnd Florack
The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition
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Persons
Torsten Reimer is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Communication and Cognition lab at Purdue University, USA.
Lyn M. van Swol is a Professor of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Arnd Florack is a Full Professor of Psychology at University of Vienna, Austria and currently head of the Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology.
Lyn M. van Swol is a Professor of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Arnd Florack is a Full Professor of Psychology at University of Vienna, Austria and currently head of the Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology.
Content
List of Contributors
Prologue
1. The Interplay of Communication and Social Cognition as a Multidisciplinary Field of Study
Torsten Reimer, Lyn M. van Swol, & Arnd Florack
Section 1. Foundation: The Interplay of Communication, Language, and Cognition
2. Between the Lines: Pragmatic Inferences in (Consumer) Communication
Michaela Waenke
3. How Language Shapes the Way We Think
David M. Markowitz
4. Embodied Metaphors in Social Cognition and Communication
Norbert Schwarz
5. Relevance Theory: Cognition and Meaning
Didier Maillat
6. Language and Social Influence
Lyn M. van Swol, Aimee A. Kane, & Chen-Ting Chang
7. Studying Culture, Social Cognition, and Communication: Theories of the Middle Range
Deborah A. Cai & Edward L. Fink
Section 2. The Construction of a Social Reality and Development of Group Identities
8. The Cultural Phenomenon of Framing: A Theoretical Overview
Julius Matthew Riles
9. Social Sharedness and the Emergence of a Shared Reality in Small Groups
Ernest S. Park & Christine M. Smith
10. Interaction in Small Groups
Joseph A. Bonito
11. A Semiotic Approach to Understanding the Role of Communication in the Construction of the Social Reality
Klaus Fiedler & Karolin Salmen
12. The Linguistic Category Model
Michela Menegatti & Monica Rubini
13. Visual Communication: Fabricated Pictures and Videos
Sijia Qian & Cuihua Shen
14. Models of Social Sampling
Marlene Hecht, Christin Schulze, & Thorsten Pachur
Section 3. Interpersonal Communication: Emotion, Social Influence, and
Information Sharing
15. Emotional Contagion
Arik Cheshin
16. There's Chemistry Between Us: Unraveling the Mystery of Human Chemical Communication
Jasper H. B. de Groot
17. Message Production: Goal-directed Communication
Tim Worley
18. How Cognitions Shape Social Judgments and How to Use this Knowledge for Persuasion
Christopher J. Carpenter & Hillary C. Shulman
19. Information-Processing Models and Argument-Quality Criteria in Persuasion Research
Torsten Reimer, Christopher Roland, Juan Pablo Loaiza-Ramirez, & Nathanael Johnson
20. The Role of Self-Disclosure in Relationship Escalation
Mina Choi & Catalina L. Toma
21. Deception and Lie Detection
Timothy R. Levine
Section 4. Communication Between Groups: Conflicts, Stereotypes, and Negotiations
22. Intergroup Communication
Jessica Gasiorek
23. Shared Cognition in Negotiation: Moving from Misunderstanding to Mutual Agreement
Leigh Thompson
24. Social Networks
Andrew Pilny & Aaron Schecter
25. Gender-inclusive Language
Magdalena Formanowicz, Magda Leszko, & Karolina Hansen
Section 5. The Digital Turn: Communication Technology, Machines, and the Self
26. Social Media Influences on Mental Health among Adolescents
Lara Schreurs & Steven Eggermont
27. Social Media and Identity Development
Catalina L. Toma & Jinyoung Choi
28. Sustaining Human-AI Collaboration and Teams: Exploring the Interplay Between Ethics and Trust
Subhasree Sengupta, Wen Duan, Christopher Flathmann, & Nathan J. McNeese
29. The Role of Machine Agents in Social Support
Austin J. Beattie
30. Social Responses to Machines
Andrew Prahl
Section 6. Contexts of Communication and Social Cognition: Marketing, Social Media, and Health
31. Risk Communication: Truth and Trickery about Cancer Screening
Gerd Gigerenzer
32. The Social Cognition of Brand Communication
Arnd Florack & Niklas Pivecka
33. Medical Mistrust, Marginalized Communities, and Communication
Lillie D. Williamson & Ashley R. Cate
34. Advice Interaction Through the Social Cognition Lens: Aligning Advisor-Recipient Perceptions
Jihyun Esther Paik
35. Addressing False Brand Information in the Marketplace
Claudiu Dimofte
Section 7. Innovative Methods for Studying Communication and Social Cognition
36. Analyzing Language for Insights into Social and Cognitive Processes
Gerard Yeo & Kokil Jaidka
37. Eye Tracking as a Powerful Tool for Investigating Language Processing in Messages
Elizabeth E. Riggs, Jason C. Coronel, & Hillary C. Shulman
38. Brain Imaging as a Window into the Biological Basis of Social Cognition and Communication
Ralf Schmaelzle, Shelby Wilcox, & Richard Huskey
39. Virtual Reality as a Research Tool
Portia Wang & Jeremy N. Bailenson
40. Serious Gaming: Insights into Social Cognition from Gaming Studies
Brett Sherrick & Joshua Kim
Epilogue
41. AI as the Next Frontier in Communication and Social Cognition: Artificial Communication
Lyn M. van Swol, Arnd Florack, & Torsten Reimer
Index
Prologue
1. The Interplay of Communication and Social Cognition as a Multidisciplinary Field of Study
Torsten Reimer, Lyn M. van Swol, & Arnd Florack
Section 1. Foundation: The Interplay of Communication, Language, and Cognition
2. Between the Lines: Pragmatic Inferences in (Consumer) Communication
Michaela Waenke
3. How Language Shapes the Way We Think
David M. Markowitz
4. Embodied Metaphors in Social Cognition and Communication
Norbert Schwarz
5. Relevance Theory: Cognition and Meaning
Didier Maillat
6. Language and Social Influence
Lyn M. van Swol, Aimee A. Kane, & Chen-Ting Chang
7. Studying Culture, Social Cognition, and Communication: Theories of the Middle Range
Deborah A. Cai & Edward L. Fink
Section 2. The Construction of a Social Reality and Development of Group Identities
8. The Cultural Phenomenon of Framing: A Theoretical Overview
Julius Matthew Riles
9. Social Sharedness and the Emergence of a Shared Reality in Small Groups
Ernest S. Park & Christine M. Smith
10. Interaction in Small Groups
Joseph A. Bonito
11. A Semiotic Approach to Understanding the Role of Communication in the Construction of the Social Reality
Klaus Fiedler & Karolin Salmen
12. The Linguistic Category Model
Michela Menegatti & Monica Rubini
13. Visual Communication: Fabricated Pictures and Videos
Sijia Qian & Cuihua Shen
14. Models of Social Sampling
Marlene Hecht, Christin Schulze, & Thorsten Pachur
Section 3. Interpersonal Communication: Emotion, Social Influence, and
Information Sharing
15. Emotional Contagion
Arik Cheshin
16. There's Chemistry Between Us: Unraveling the Mystery of Human Chemical Communication
Jasper H. B. de Groot
17. Message Production: Goal-directed Communication
Tim Worley
18. How Cognitions Shape Social Judgments and How to Use this Knowledge for Persuasion
Christopher J. Carpenter & Hillary C. Shulman
19. Information-Processing Models and Argument-Quality Criteria in Persuasion Research
Torsten Reimer, Christopher Roland, Juan Pablo Loaiza-Ramirez, & Nathanael Johnson
20. The Role of Self-Disclosure in Relationship Escalation
Mina Choi & Catalina L. Toma
21. Deception and Lie Detection
Timothy R. Levine
Section 4. Communication Between Groups: Conflicts, Stereotypes, and Negotiations
22. Intergroup Communication
Jessica Gasiorek
23. Shared Cognition in Negotiation: Moving from Misunderstanding to Mutual Agreement
Leigh Thompson
24. Social Networks
Andrew Pilny & Aaron Schecter
25. Gender-inclusive Language
Magdalena Formanowicz, Magda Leszko, & Karolina Hansen
Section 5. The Digital Turn: Communication Technology, Machines, and the Self
26. Social Media Influences on Mental Health among Adolescents
Lara Schreurs & Steven Eggermont
27. Social Media and Identity Development
Catalina L. Toma & Jinyoung Choi
28. Sustaining Human-AI Collaboration and Teams: Exploring the Interplay Between Ethics and Trust
Subhasree Sengupta, Wen Duan, Christopher Flathmann, & Nathan J. McNeese
29. The Role of Machine Agents in Social Support
Austin J. Beattie
30. Social Responses to Machines
Andrew Prahl
Section 6. Contexts of Communication and Social Cognition: Marketing, Social Media, and Health
31. Risk Communication: Truth and Trickery about Cancer Screening
Gerd Gigerenzer
32. The Social Cognition of Brand Communication
Arnd Florack & Niklas Pivecka
33. Medical Mistrust, Marginalized Communities, and Communication
Lillie D. Williamson & Ashley R. Cate
34. Advice Interaction Through the Social Cognition Lens: Aligning Advisor-Recipient Perceptions
Jihyun Esther Paik
35. Addressing False Brand Information in the Marketplace
Claudiu Dimofte
Section 7. Innovative Methods for Studying Communication and Social Cognition
36. Analyzing Language for Insights into Social and Cognitive Processes
Gerard Yeo & Kokil Jaidka
37. Eye Tracking as a Powerful Tool for Investigating Language Processing in Messages
Elizabeth E. Riggs, Jason C. Coronel, & Hillary C. Shulman
38. Brain Imaging as a Window into the Biological Basis of Social Cognition and Communication
Ralf Schmaelzle, Shelby Wilcox, & Richard Huskey
39. Virtual Reality as a Research Tool
Portia Wang & Jeremy N. Bailenson
40. Serious Gaming: Insights into Social Cognition from Gaming Studies
Brett Sherrick & Joshua Kim
Epilogue
41. AI as the Next Frontier in Communication and Social Cognition: Artificial Communication
Lyn M. van Swol, Arnd Florack, & Torsten Reimer
Index
