Theories and models of communication /

Thishandbook offers an overview of the diversity of perspectives on communication: including perspectives from biology, sociality, economics, norms& human development. The scope of the contributions is global, and the volume is relevant to both the empirical and philosophical traditions in human...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Cobley, Paul.; Schulz, Peter J.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Handbooks of communication science [hocs]; 1
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110240450
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Summary: Thishandbook offers an overview of the diversity of perspectives on communication: including perspectives from biology, sociality, economics, norms& human development. The scope of the contributions is global, and the volume is relevant to both the empirical and philosophical traditions in human sciences. This is also an introduction to the multi-volume Handbooks of Communication Science.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(x,442pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
ISBN: 9783110240450
Index Number: P90
CLC: G206.7
Contents: Frontmatter --
Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series --
Contents --
1 Introduction /
2 Theories and models of communication: foundations and heritage /
3 Constructing theories in communication research /
4 Information theories /
5 Systemic theories of communication /
6 Biological and neurological bases of communication /
7 Economic bases of communication /
8 Normative bases for communication /
9 Models of communicative efficiency /
10 Cognitive theories of communication /
11 Theories of the development of human communication /
12 Semiotic models of communication /
13 Linguistic action theories of communication /
14 Interactional theories of communication /
15 Communication as persuasion /
16 Theories of public opinion /
17 Mediation theory /
18 Socio-cultural models of communication /
19 Who /
20 What /
21 Whom /
22 Channel /
23 Effects /
Biographical sketches --
Index.