Communication as-- : perspectives on theory / edited by Gregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John, Ted Striphas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shepherd, Gregory J.

St. John, Jeffrey.

Striphas, Theodore G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Philosophy.

Communication.

Physical Description:

xx, 276 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2006]

Summary:

What does it mean to argue that communication is organizing? Or ritual? Or failure? What is at stake in choosing one metaphor or stance over another? What is gained and what is lost-for the field, for the theories themselves, and especially for humans communicating in everyday contexts? In Communication as...: Perspectives on Theory, editors Gregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John, and Ted Striphas bring together a collection of 27 essays that explores the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional divisions in the field.

The essays in this text are written by leading scholars in the field of communication theory, with each scholar employing a particular stance or perspective on what communication theory is and how it functions. In essays that are brief, argumentative, and forceful, the scholars propose their perspective as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views.

Communication as... is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on communication theory in the fields of Communication Studies, Mass Communication, Journalism, Sociology, and Psychology.

Contents:

Relationality / Celeste M. Condit

Ritual / Eric W. Rothenbuhler

Transcendence / Gregory T. Shepherd

Constructive / Katherine Miller

A practice / Robert T. Craig

Collective memory / Carole Blair

Vision / Cara A. Finnegan

Embodiment / Carolyn Marvin

Raced / Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama

Social identity / Jake Harwood

Techné / Jonathan Sterne

Dialogue / Leslie A. Baxter

Autoethnography / Arthur P. Bochner and Carolyn S. Ellis

Storytelling / Eric E. Peterson and Kristin M. Langellier

Complex organizing / James R. Taylor

Structuring / David R. Seibold and Karen Kroman Myers

Political participation / Todd Kelshaw

Deliberation / John Gastil

Diffusion / James W. Dearing

Social influence / Frank Boster

Rational argument / Robert C. Rowland

Counterpublic / Daniel C. Brouwer

Dissemination / John Durham Peters

Articulation / Jennifer Daryl Slack

Translation / Ted Striphas

Communicability / Briankle G. Chang

Failure / Jeffrey St. John.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412906571

141290658X

OCLC:

57531461