Routledge Communication Series
About the Book Series
The Routledge Communication Series covers the breadth of the communication discipline, from interpersonal communication to public relations, offering textbooks, handbooks, and scholarly reference materials.
Political Communication in Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Lars Willnat, Annette Aw
January 22, 2009
This edited volume provides a critical review of political communication research conducted in Asia over the past twenty years. Each chapter focuses on studies published in a specific Asian country, selected according to the level of contribution made to the field of political communication in...
Building Theories of Organization: The Constitutive Role of Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Linda L. Putnam, Anne M. Nicotera
December 18, 2008
This volume explores the concept of communication as it applies to organizational theory. Bringing together multiple voices, it focuses on communication’s role in the constitution of organization. Editors Linda L. Putnam and Anne Maydan Nicotera have assembled an all-star cast of contributors, each...
Editing for Today's Newsroom: A Guide for Success in a Changing Profession
2nd Edition
By Carl Sessions Stepp
June 06, 2008
Editing for Today's Newsroom provides training, support and advice for prospective news editors. Through history, analyses, and anecdotes, this book offers a solid grounding to prepare potential editors for the full range of their responsibilities in today's newsrooms: developing ideas; evaluating ...
Public Relations Metrics: Research and Evaluation
1st Edition
Edited
By Betteke van Ruler, Ana Tkalac Vercic, Dejan Vercic
May 28, 2008
Responding to the increasing need in academia and the public relations profession, this volume presents the current state of knowledge in public relations measurement and evaluation. The book brings together ideas and methods that can be used throughout the world, and scholars and ...
Communication as Comfort: Multiple Voices in Palliative Care
1st Edition
By Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy Goldsmith, Sandra Sanchez Reilly
March 13, 2008
This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. Challenging the predominantly biomedical model that informs much communication between seriously ill and/or dying ...
Information and Communication Technologies in Action: Linking Theories and Narratives of Practice
1st Edition
By Larry D. Browning, Alf Steinar Saetre, Keri Stephens, Jan-Oddvar Sornes
January 18, 2008
This book combines 20 stories from a variety of organizations with a selection of nine theories, both mainstream and emerging. The stories introduce readers to individuals talking about how they communicate today via information and communication technologies (ICTs) in business or organizational ...
The Mass Media and Latino Politics: Studies of U.S. Media Content, Campaign Strategies and Survey Research: 1984-2004
1st Edition
By Federico Subervi-Velez
January 16, 2008
The Latin-American population has become a major force in American politics in recent years, with expanding influences in local, state, and national elections. The candidates in the 2004 campaign wooed Latino voters by speaking Spanish to Latino audiences and courting Latino groups and PACs. ...
Women, Men and News: Divided and Disconnected in the News Media Landscape
1st Edition
By Paula Poindexter, Sharon Meraz, Amy Schmitz Weiss
December 19, 2007
This multi-authored scholarly volume explores the divide between men and women in their consumption of news media, looking at how the sexes read and use news, historically and currently, how they use technology to access their news, and how today’s news pertains to and is used by women. The volume ...
Broadcast and Internet Indecency: Defining Free Speech
1st Edition
By Jeremy Lipschultz
December 07, 2007
Indecency--arguably among the most provocative and incendiary issues in today's media--is speech at the edge of social tolerance. This timely volume examines broadcast and Internet indecency from legal and social perspectives, utilizing current cases and well-publicized examples. In exploring the ...
Communication Perspectives on HIV/AIDS for the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Timothy Edgar, Seth M. Noar, Vicki S. Freimuth
August 20, 2007
Reflecting the current state of research into the communication aspects of HIV/AIDS, this volume explores AIDS-related communication scholarship, moving forward from the 1992 publication AIDS: A Communication Perspective. Editors Timothy Edgar, Seth M. Noar, and Vicki S. Freimuth have developed ...
Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art, and Science
1st Edition
By Rick Williams, Julianne Newton
July 04, 2007
A well-rounded education in the 21st century requires not just verbal and mathematical proficiency, but also the ability to interpret, critique, create, and use visual communication on sophisticated levels. In today’s visual world, it is critically important to hold an appreciation for the ...
Interacting and Organizing: Analyses of a Management Meeting
1st Edition
Edited
By Francois Cooren
March 29, 2007
This work provides an exceptional case study, shedding light onto the functioning of an actual corporate board of directors. It presents analysis of a series of corporate management meetings shown in the 1974 documentary film, Corporation: After Mr. Sam. The film chronicles the discussion and ...