| Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication Theory Contributor(s): Cushman, Donald P. (Editor), Kovacic, Branislav (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791425975 ISBN-13: 9780791425978 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
| Dewey: 302.2 |
| LCCN: 94-37655 |
| Series: Suny Series, Human Communication Processes |
| Physical Information: (1.44 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This sampling of watershed research traditions in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication manifests how communication theory is developed, defended and extended at a philosophical, theoretical and practical level of inquiry from a plurality of research perspectives. The book includes the foundational works of Pearce, Cronen, and Associates on the coordinated management of meaning; Berger, Gudykunst, and Associates on uncertainty and anxiety reduction theory; Cushman, Nicotera and Associates on the communication rules involved in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; Delia, Clark, and Associates on constructivism; Deetz, Mumby, and Associates on critical theory; Desmond and Associates on mass communication theory; Sanders and Gottman on communication sequences; Cushman, King, and Associates on high-speed management; and Philipsen and Associates on the ethnography of communication. |
