Communication as ...: Perspectives on TheoryGregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John Communication As... is a collection of 27 essays by leading thinkers in the field of communication theory. Each author in the volume has chosen a particular stance on communication and forwarded it as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views. The chapters in the book are brief, argumentative, and forceful; together they explore the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional divisions in the field. |
Contents
Relationality | 3 |
Ritual | 13 |
Transcendence | 22 |
Constructive | 31 |
A Practice | 38 |
Collective Memory | 51 |
Vision | 60 |
Embodiment | 67 |
Complex Organizing | 132 |
Structuring | 143 |
Political Participation | 155 |
Deliberation | 164 |
Diffusion | 174 |
Social Influence | 180 |
Rational Argument | 187 |
Counterpublic | 195 |
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Communication as ...: Perspectives on Theory Gregory J. Shepherd,Jeffrey St. John,Ted Striphas Limited preview - 2005 |
Communication as ...: Perspectives on Theory Gregory J. Shepherd,Jeffrey St. John,Ted Striphas Limited preview - 2005 |
Communication as ...: Perspectives on Theory Gregory J. Shepherd,Jeffrey St. John Limited preview - 2006 |
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