Communication: An Introduction

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7836-2
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Written as an introduction for beginning students, this book offers a thorough, yet lively, overview of human communication in all its aspects.

Accessibly written and assuming no prior knowledge of the discipline Communication: An Introduction: offers a thorough, yet lively, examination of all aspects of human communication, including: a summary of its nature, form and function; a detailed analysis of all the levels of communication; a description and overview of the different traditions of communication studies; and a consideration of the future of communication - as a phenomenon and as a field of research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosengren, Karl Erik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Communication
Elusive Phenomenon, Emergent Discipline
PART TWO: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Forms and Levels of Communication
Some Elementary Distinctions
Culture and Society, Media and Communication
PART THREE: LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION
Individual Communication
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Group Communication
Organizational Communication
Societal Communication, Mass Communication
International and Intercultural Communication
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION
The Future of Communication and Communication Research

Über Autor(innen)

Rosengren, Karl Erik
Karl Erik Rosengren is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at University of Lund, Sweden.