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Communication : a post-discipline / Silvio Waisbord.

Van Pelt Library P91.3 .W35 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Waisbord, Silvio R. (Silvio Ricardo), 1961- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Communication--Study and teaching.
Communication.
Physical Description:
vii, 171 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019.
Summary:
"Communication studies is a fragmented field. As a result of its roots in various disciplinary traditions, it is built on fluid intellectual boundaries. Should we worry about this state of dispersion? Waisbord argues that it is impossible to transcend fragmentation, but communication studies is better served by accepting and stimulating differences"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Fragmentation and hyper-specialization
The patchwork of communication studies
The "digital communication" turn
What has globalization wrought?
A post-discipline.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-168) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Waisbord, Silvio R. (Silvio Ricardo), 1961- Communication.
ISBN:
9781509520084
1509520082
9781509520091
1509520090
OCLC:
1047524826

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