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.
News As Discourse
1st Edition
By Teun A. van Dijk
February 01, 1990
First Published in 1990. This book presents a new, interdisciplinary theory of news in the press. Against the background of developments in discourse analysis, it is argued that news should be studied primarily as a form of public discourse. Whereas in much mass communication research, the ...
Communication and Health: Systems and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Eileen Berlin Ray, Lewis Donohew
November 01, 1989
This volume examines this rapidly growing and changing field by applying a unified framework that integrates both interpersonal and mass communication investigations into theoretical and applied issues. Using a systems perspective as the organizational framework, relevant issues in the ...
Darwinism in the Press: the Evolution of An Idea
1st Edition
By Edward Caudill
November 01, 1989
Numerous books and articles have outlined Darwin's impact on American scientists, philosophers, businessmen, and clergy in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Few, however, have undertaken a study of Darwinism in the form in which it was presented to most Americans -- popular newspapers and ...
Video Recording Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home Entertainment
1st Edition
By Aaron Foisi Nmungwun
July 01, 1989
Video recording has recently become an important phenomenon. Although the majority of American homes have at least one video recording set, not much is known about video recording's past and about its continual effect on affiliated industries. This text documents the history of magnetic recording, ...
Pornography: Research Advances and Policy Considerations
1st Edition
Edited
By Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant
June 01, 1989
"...provides good coverage of the empirical literature."—Journal of Communication "...well written and presents a wide diversity of approaches to pornography."—CHOICE...
Communication: Strategic Action in Context
1st Edition
By Beth Bonniwell Haslett
April 01, 1987
First Published in 1987. This book provides an outline for a descriptive basis for the study of human communication by advocating a pragmatic approach to communication, based on the study of language use in context. It covers work on verbal communication in many disciplines, and represents a ...
Information and Behavior: Systems of Influence
1st Edition
By Richard A. Winett
April 01, 1986
First Published in 1986. This book has two basic goals. The first goal is to present how information is formed, used, channelled, and delivered in a number of different contexts and systems with varying impacts. The second goal is to present these diverse applications within one framework so that ...