Distinctive qualities in communication research / edited by Donal Carbaugh and Patrice M. Buzzanell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carbaugh, Donal A.

Buzzanell, Patrice M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Research.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely volume provides an in-depth look at why the field of communication is so central in initiatives for social impact around the world. In Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research, editors Donal Carbaugh and Patrice M. Buzzanell bring together scholars with varied and productive approaches to communication to address the question of what distinguishes communication research from similar studies in other disciplines. Each contributor responds to the question: ""What makes your research communication research? How doe

Contents:

Foreword / Robert Craig

What is distinctive in communication research? / Patrice Buzzanell and Donal Carbaugh

A dialogic approach to interpersonal/family communication / Leslie A. Baxter

Politically attentive relational constructionism (PARC) : making a difference in a pluralistic, interdependent world / Stanley Deetz

The promise of communication in large-scale, community-based research / Michael Hecht

The importance of communication science in addressing core problems in public health / Joseph N. Cappella and Robert Hornik

Researching culture in contexts of social interaction : an ethnographic approach, a network of scholars, and illustrative moves / Gerry Philipsen

Reflections on distinctive qualities in communication research / Donal Carbaugh and Patrice Buzzanell.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-22101-4

1-282-23423-4

9786612234231

0-203-87416-1

9780203874165

OCLC:

437142915