Communication studies

The first half of this book: (1) Explains the differences among introversion, shyness, and social anxiety and how each can manifest in the legal context.

Public Opinion exposes how media can shape public perception and how that perception changes society.

Our words have the power to change our lives.

Winner of the Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2017Surveillance is a common feature of everyday life.

Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities.

Revolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way technological change has linked social and ideological communities.

Writing may be a solitary profession, but it is also one that relies on a strong sense of community.

Writing may be a solitary profession, but it is also one that relies on a strong sense of community.

Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control challenges traditional (and even some radical) perceptions of how the news works.

Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control challenges traditional (and even some radical) perceptions of how the news works.

The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies has provided students and the general public alike with a gateway into the study of intercultural communication, public relations and marketing communications since 1984.

This book develops "e;organizing eating"e; as an organizational-communication centered framework for understanding how communication and power combine to actively shape eating and working in the U.

Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation.

There are many types of political scandals: sex, corruption, and election scandals are but a few.

There are many types of political scandals: sex, corruption, and election scandals are but a few.

From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet.

Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation.

From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet.

This book explores slash fan fiction communities during the pivotal years of the late 1990s and early 2000s as the practice transitioned from print to digital circulation.

African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms.

An application of Gurdjieffian principles to fully and properly activate the power of language Explains the relationship between the Gurdjieff enneagram and sacred geometry and harmonics Shows that the objective power of language--and art and music--lies in the ability to use symbols that will mean precisely the same thing to anyone Includes a new English translation of Ren Daumals essay The Holy War In The Magic Language of the Fourth Way, Pierre Bonnasse applies the esoteric teachings of Fourth Way mystic G.

Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.

From three-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Gail Godwin, a vibrant portrait of her writing and publishing life.

Debate mediático recoge el espíritu y las reflexiones surgidas durante la Primera Jornada Universitaria de Medios de Comunicación (2017), organizada por la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur.

This book presents a collection of studies related to populism in contemporary political discourse.

Multimodality is a fast-growing interdisciplinary approach that aims to analyze the interplay of multiple modes such as gaze, gesture or spoken language that are utilized in interaction, and to examine the multimodal production and consumption of communicated messages.

This book comprehensively analyzes the development of interculturally blended third spaces by the second language learner, beginning with the linguistic and sociocultural imprints of the first language and culture on the mind and culminating in the proposal of a phase-model of the development of intercultural competence.

Multimodality is a fast-growing interdisciplinary approach that aims to analyze the interplay of multiple modes such as gaze, gesture or spoken language that are utilized in interaction, and to examine the multimodal production and consumption of communicated messages.

This book explores how academics at conferences co-construct their own and each other's professional identities.

This book is the first of its kind within the African region to combine scholarly perspectives from the fields of Strategic Communication Management and Communication for Development and Social Change.

An essential introduction to the complexities of visual representation, this book offers a critical new framework for understanding and practicing photojournalism in a global digital context.

Social network analysis dates back to the early 20th century, with initial studies focusing on small group behavior from a sociological perspective.

Social networks have emerged as a major trend in computing and social paradigms in the past few years.

The essays in this collection, written by sixteen scholars in rhetoric and communications studies, demonstrate American philosopher John Dewey's wide-ranging influence on rhetoric in an intellectual tradition that addresses the national culture's fundamental conflicts between self and society, freedom and responsibility, and individual advancement and the common good.

The Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techne as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy.

In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C.

Prisoners of Conscience continues the work begun by Gerard A.

In Listening to the Logos, Christopher Lyle Johnstone provides an unprecedented comprehensive account of the relationship between speech and wisdom across almost four centuries of evolving ancient Greek thought and teachings-from the mythopoetic tradition of Homer and Hesiod to Aristotle's treatises.

An expert in rhetoric offers a new perspective on the ancient concept of sophistry, exploring why Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle found it objectionable.

The anonymity inherent in cyber education impacts the way learners interact in online environments.

This volume employs a comparative approach to cast light on representation and representative processes from a communications perspective.

A Fresh Start to a Healthy Emotional LifeIs emotional clutter blocking success in your personal and professional life?

People have always found a way to trade with one another, overcoming enormous barriers.

This book presents hands-on tools for addressing the multiple ways that brain injury can affect psychological functioning and well-being.

Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study.

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Oral Communication in the Disciplines: A Resource for Teacher Development and Training is the first of its kind to provide a clear and straightforward strategic framework to guide teachers as they incorporate oral communication activities into their courses.

Oral Communication in the Disciplines: A Resource for Teacher Development and Training is the first of its kind to provide a clear and straightforward strategic framework to guide teachers as they incorporate oral communication activities into their courses.

Rhetoric Across Borders features a select representation of 27 essays and excerpts from the "e;In Conversation"e; panels at the Rhetoric Society of America's 2014 conference on "e;Border Rhetorics.