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.
The Two W's of Journalism: The Why and What of Public Affairs Reporting
1st Edition
By Davis "Buzz" Merritt, Maxwell E. McCombs
August 01, 2003
In this timely volume, the authors explore public affairs journalism, a practice that lies at the core of the journalism profession. They go beyond the journalistic instruction for reporting and presenting news to reflect on why journalism works the way it does. Asking current and future ...
Children, Teens, Families, and Mass Media: The Millennial Generation
1st Edition
By Rose M. Kundanis
June 01, 2003
This text provides a survey of the relationship between children and those mass media found in the home--radio, television, and the Internet. Using a theory-based approach, with attention to developmental, gender, ethnic, and generational differences, author Rose M. Kundanis explores the nature of ...
Framing Public Life: Perspectives on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen D. Reese, Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., August E. Grant
June 01, 2003
This distinctive volume offers a thorough examination of the ways in which meaning comes to be shaped. Editors Stephen Reese, Oscar Gandy, and August Grant employ an interdisciplinary approach to the study of conceptualizing and examining media. They illustrate how texts and those who provide them ...
The Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling To Children
2nd Edition
Edited
By Edward L. Palmer, Brian M. Young
June 01, 2003
This collection offers original, state-of-the-art contributions from leading authorities in children's televisual media. International researchers from communication and psychology provide readers with ready access to current televisual research, trends, and policymaking/political climate issues ...
Privacy and Disclosure of Hiv in interpersonal Relationships: A Sourcebook for Researchers and Practitioners
1st Edition
By Kathryn Greene, Valerian J. Derlega, Gust A. Yep, Sandra Petronio
May 01, 2003
As the HIV epidemic enters its third decade, it remains one of the most pressing health issues of our time. Many aspects of the disease remain under-researched and inadequate attention has been given to the implications for the relationships and daily lives of those affected by HIV. Disclosing an ...
Communication and Emotion: Essays in Honor of Dolf Zillmann
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennings Bryant, David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen, Joanne Cantor
April 01, 2003
This collection serves two important functions: it synthesizes theory and research in the vital and vibrant area of communication and emotion, and it highlights the scholarly work and contributions of Dolf Zillmann, the preeminent contributor to this area of inquiry.As one of the most productive ...
Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills
1st Edition
Edited
By John O. Greene, Brant R. Burleson
January 01, 2003
Providing a thorough review and synthesis of work on communication skills and skill enhancement, this Handbook serves as a comprehensive and contemporary survey of theory and research on social interaction skills. Editors John O. Greene and Brant R. Burleson have brought together preeminent ...
Television Families: Is Something Wrong in Suburbia?
1st Edition
By William Douglas
January 01, 2003
This volume examines the analysis that was designed to map the development of the television family and assess its current state and, at the same time, to provide insight into the tangled relationships between fictional and real family life. In order to do this, the investigation examines the ...
Violence on Television: Distribution, Form, Context, and Themes
1st Edition
By Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison, Maggie Wykes
January 01, 2003
Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of ...
Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal
1st Edition
Edited
By Tom Reichert, Jacqueline Lambiase
December 01, 2002
Sex in Advertising: Perspectives on the Erotic Appeal is the first book to thoroughly tackle important issues about sex in advertising. What is it? Does it work? How does it affect individuals and society? Well-respected scholars and popular writers answer these questions as they address the ...
The Impact of International Television: A Paradigm Shift
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael G. Elasmar
December 01, 2002
For several decades, cultural imperialism has been the dominant paradigm for conceptualizing, labeling, predicting, and explaining the effects of international television. It has been used as an unchallenged premise for numerous essays on the topic of imported television influence, despite the fact...
Deconstructing Public Relations: Public Relations Criticism
1st Edition
By Thomas J. Mickey
October 01, 2002
This volume provides a critical look at public relations practice, utilizing case studies from public relations, advertising, and marketing to illustrate the deconstruction and analysis of public relations campaigns. Author Thomas J. Mickey uses a cultural studies approach and demonstrates how it ...