Introducing Communication: Perspectives, Assumptions, and Implications

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The study of communication deepens our understanding of the human condition, enlarges how we frame and resolve human problems and struggles, and allows us to appreciate the different perspectives that communication brings to the study of the human experience. Introducing Communication provides an overview of eight different communication perspectives and explores important concepts from around the world, highlighting the consequences and implications that come with diverse ways of defining, understanding, and studying communication. Featuring discussions on issues and challenges associated with mass globalization and new technologies, this smart and sophisticated text encourages students to reflect on how these consequences and implications come to bear on how we live and communicate. Introducing Communication is ideally suited for instructors who teach introductory communication courses and are seeking a text that is theoretically rigorous, intellectually expansive, and pedagogically elegant. Cover Copyright Dedication Epigraph Title Page CONTENTS FIGURES PROLOGUE OUTLINE: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES CHAPTER ONE: COMMUNICATION AS LANGUAGE AND SYMBOLS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER TWO: COMMUNICATION AS MESSAGES I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER THREE: COMMUNICATION AS MEDIA I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER FOUR: COMMUNICATION AS MEANINGS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER FIVE: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVES I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER SIX: COMMUNICATION AS PERFORMANCES I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER SEVEN: COMMUNICATION AS RELATIONSHIPS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER EIGHT: COMMUNICATION AS MODES OF BEING I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Conclusion Discussion Questions CHAPTER NINE: INTEGRATION AND DISCUSSION Dialogue and Monologue CHAPTER TEN: CHALLENGES FACING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNICATION EPILOGUE APPENDIX: CRITICISMS OF LANGUAGE POLITICS The Theoretical Criticism The Empirical Criticism The Pedagogical Criticism The Institutional Criticism The Contextual Criticism The Conceptual Criticism The Legal Criticism The Ideological Criticism The Racial/Cultural Criticism The Historical Criticism The Existential Criticism The Scriptural Criticism The Spiritual Criticism The Epistemological Criticism GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX