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.
An Analysis of Thinking and Research About Qualitative Methods
1st Edition
By W. James Potter
February 01, 1996
Written for social science scholars who want to learn more about the qualitative way of thinking, this book addresses the full continuum of issues about the qualitative methodologies. At one end of that continuum are the deeply philosophical concerns of ontology and epistemology. At the other -- ...
Horror Films: Current Research on Audience Preferences and Reactions
1st Edition
Edited
By James B. Weaver, Ron Tamborini
January 01, 1996
Why do so many of us enjoy being told frightening stories? What are some of the consequences that result from such exposure? In light of the considerable popularity of horror films over the last three decades, these questions have become the focus of growing attention for many scholars. However, ...
Health and the New Media: Technologies Transforming Personal and Public Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Linda M. Harris
October 01, 1995
This book presents an evaluation framework for assessing the impact of the new media on the health care system by juxtaposing characteristics of emerging information and communication technologies (interactive, seamlessly connected, and user-driven) and health care objectives (to increase access, ...
The Media, the President, and Public Opinion: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Drug Issue, 1984-1991
1st Edition
By William J. Gonzenbach
October 01, 1995
Using a broadened conceptualization of agenda setting, this volume's objective is to examine the drug issue from mid-1984 to mid-1991 to determine how drug-related issues and events -- both real and fabricated -- and the primary agendas drove the issue over time. Based on this objective, four ...
Parents, Children, and Communication: Frontiers of Theory and Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas J. Socha, Glen H. Stamp
August 01, 1995
This is the first edited volume in the communication field to examine parent-child interaction. It creates a framework for future research in this growing area -- family communication, and more specifically, parent-child communication -- and also suggests new areas of communication research among ...
Manager's Guide to Excellence in Public Relations and Communication Management
1st Edition
By David M. Dozier, Larissa A. Grunig, James E. Grunig
July 01, 1995
This book reports findings of a three-nation study of public relations and communication management sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation. The Excellence Study provides communication managers and public relations practitioners with ...
Applied Communication in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Kenneth N. Cissna
June 01, 1995
The future of the field of communication lies in the ability to produce a socially relevant scholarship, without which the field is unlikely to attract the best students, command significant societal resources, or make its greatest contributions to the world's store of knowledge. This volume ...
Gender, Power, and Communication in Human Relationships
1st Edition
Edited
By Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Michael J. Cody
June 01, 1995
This edited volume establishes a state-of-the-art perspective on theory and research on gender, power, and communication in human relationships. Both theoretical essays and review chapters address issues relevant to female and male differences in power, dominance, communication, equality, and ...
Public Relations History: From the 17th to the 20th Century: The Antecedents
1st Edition
By Scott M. Cutlip
June 01, 1995
This important volume documents events and routines defined as public relations practice, and serves as a companion work to the author's The Unseen Power: Public Relations which tells the history of public relations as revealed in the work and personalities of the pioneer agencies. This history ...
The Sports Writing Handbook
2nd Edition
By Thomas Fensch
May 01, 1995
Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as "exceptional" writing. Other books discuss sports writers as "beat reporters" in one area of journalism, whereas this book shows aspiring sports ...
The Talk of the Clinic: Explorations in the Analysis of Medical and therapeutic Discourse
1st Edition
Edited
By G. H. Morris, Ronald J. Chenail
May 01, 1995
This collection of original papers by scholars who closely analyze the talk of the clinic features studies that were conceived with the aim of contributing to clinical practitioners' insight about how their talk works. No previous communication text has attempted to take such a ...
Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality
1st Edition
Edited
By Frank Biocca, Mark R. Levy
March 01, 1995
This volume addresses virtual reality (VR) -- a tantalizing communication medium whose essence challenges our most deeply held notions of what communication is or can be. The editors have gathered an expert team of engineers, social scientists, and cultural theorists for the first extensive ...