Identity matters : communication-based explorations and explanations / edited by Hartmut B. Mokros.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mokros, Hartmut B., 1949-

Series:

Interpersonal communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Identity (Psychology).

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2003]

Contents:

1 A Constitutive Approach to Identity / Hartmut B. Mokros 3

II. Engagements with Communication Products

2 Sign Matters: The Shift in Semantic Landscapes of the Sign "Generation X" Through Time / Christine A. Lemesianou 31

3 Culture Matters: Cultural Multiplicity and Local Identity in Japanese Advertising / Michael Maynard 55

4 Design Matters: Projections of Identity in Library Environments / Nancy P. Thomas 77

III. Engagements in Mediated Settings

5 Support Matters: A Study of Identity in an Online Cancer Support Group / Esther Rumsey 111

6 Play Matters: Playing With Identity in the MUD / Rachel D. Karetnick 139

IV. Engagements in Face-to-Face Settings

7 Age Matters: Encounters Between Adolescents and Staff Within One School Library / Mary K. Chelton 167

8 Gender Matters: Travails in Becoming a Dancer / Hester Coan 187

9 Authority Matters: An Examination of a Chair's Participation in a Group Decision-Making Meeting / Lynn S. Cockett 217

10 Other Matters: The Achievement of Identity Through Otherness / Hartmut B. Mokros 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1572734094

1572734108

OCLC:

50868220