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The purpose of Methods of Historical Analysis in Electronic Media is to provide a foundation for historical research in electronic media by addressing the literature and the methods as applied to electronic media.

Covering topics and categories established by the ACEJMC, this book moves through the steps of developing the assessment plan, establishing student learning outcomes in the various areas of the curriculum, and measuring those outcomes. It includes case studies from private and public institutions with varied approaches to communication education.

Explores the role of communication in framing and contributing to issues of social justice. This work investigates the theoretical and practical ways in which communication scholarship can enable inclusive and equitable communities within American society. It is useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in communication, journalism, and more.

Presents a challenge to future researchers, encouraging consideration of other theoretical research problems that leads to improving the management practice of public relations. This collection advances practitioner understanding of excellence in public relations and communication management.

Presents a challenge to future researchers, encouraging consideration of other theoretical research problems that leads to improving the management practice of public relations. This collection advances practitioner understanding of excellence in public relations and communication management.

Developed for use in courses on mass media and society, media studies, and media literacy, this book offers diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches on the representation of romantic relationships across the media spectrum, including the myths, stereotypes, and prescriptions manifested throughout the press.

Presents an introduction to the field of health care and the Internet, from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This book covers: e-Health trends and theory; searching and evaluating online health information at the individual level of analysis; discussing health information at the group or community level of analysis; and more.

A comprehensive volume of research and applications in communication and disability study. This text explores how disability is socially constructed, conceptualized and enacted through communicative processes.

Designed as an answer to the question of the inclusiveness of the popular culture, this book argues that the values of popular music, media, politics, debates over social issues, and international trade have become everyday propaganda to which everyone relates in some way.

This work examines the various assessments considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what is learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, and the political process, generally.

Covering the field of language and communication, this text includes topics such as: the nature of language; modern linguistics; language and cognition; meaning; pragmatics and discourse; discourse and global organization; and sociolinguistics and communication.

This text explores public affairs journalism - a practice that lies at the core of the journalism profession. It goes beyond the journalistic instruction for reporting, presenting news and reflecting on why journalism works the way it does even though other options are available.

This volume brings together scholars from law and communication to discuss the theoretical and methodological approaches used in studying the First Amendment and general communication law issues. For scholars and students in mass communication and law.

Explores the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family. This title offers the chapters that examine communication processes and problems of parents and children as they interact with childcare, healthcare, education, and youth sports and consider the role of media in family relationships outside of home.

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This text presents an overview of individual characteristics in interpersonal communication, considers the literature emphasizing the dyadic approach, explores the interactional approach and sets the stage for independent meta-analyses.

A review of theory and research on communication skills and skill enhancement. It features five units on: general theoretical and methodological issues; fundamental interaction skills; function-focused skills; skills used in personal relationships; and skills used in public and professional life.

"Language and Social Interaction" (LSI) refers to both a subject matter and to a multidisciplinary confederation of research communities assembled and housed within the field of communication. This Handbook is intended to provide a scholarly resource about LSI's subject matter and research.

Explores sex differences in how men and women communicate, set within the context of sex similarities. This book examines how sex differences and similarities can be seen in various verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviours across contexts. It is of interest to readers in communication, social psychology, relationships, and related fields.

This text draws on communication, public health, psychology and theories from related disciplines to illuminate issues involved with communication, politics and HIV/AIDS around the globe. It also examines past efforts to prevent infection and to provide treatment, and the barriers to such actions.

This collection of research essays focuses on children and "Sesame Street". It covers a variety of issues and topics including: creation and evolution of the "Sesame Street" curriculum; "Sesame Street" viewers as adolescents; and the role of "Sesame Street"-based materials in child care settings.

This collection brings together research from independent scholars and studies supported by the Kaiser Foundation to illustrate innovative research on the media's sexual content and adolescents. Contributors address the topic of sexuality and the role of media.

This title examines the representation, impact and issues relating to the control and regulation of sex in the media. It covers work that has been conducted around the world on the depiction of sex in the mainstream mass media, especially the audio-visual media of film, television and video.

"Explaining Communication" presents in-depth discussions of communication theories by some of the foremost scholars working in communication today. With contributions from the original theorists and scholars known for their work in specific theoreti

This study assembles and presents the cross-disciplinary research being conducted on access to new technology. It departs from popular understandings by recognizing the distinction between having access to the Internet as a technology and being able to access the content that resides on it.

This work tackles the task of conceptualizing, detecting, and labelling the influence of imported television. It challenges the "de facto" dominant paradigm of cultural imperialism that is used as a basis for most writings on the subject and demonstrates the applicability of quantitative methods.