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COMMUNICATION A Critical/Cultural Introduction Deanna L. Fassett, John T. Warren, and Keith Nainby Š 2018
This book provides students with an introduction to communication theory, interpersonal communication, and public communication and culture through the lens of contemporary critical theory. The text explores how we produce our world through communication, challenging readers to explore power, ideology, and diversity through daily interactions, both public and private. Students are provided with communication scenarios that encourage them to contextualize theories, concepts, and ideas within systems of culture and power.
REQUEST a Review Copy Dr. Deanna L. Fassett is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at San JosĂŠ State University. Her published research has appeared in an array of communication studies journals, including Basic Communication Course Annual, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Communication Education, and Text and Performance Quarterly. Dr. Keith Nainby is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus. His publications include book chapters in The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction and The Invisibility Factor, as well as journal articles in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, Language and Intercultural Communication, and Educational Foundations. Dr. John T. Warren was a professor of communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power, Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts, Critical Communication Pedagogy, and Coordinating the Communication Course: A Guidebook.
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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: FIRST PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 1 COMMUNICATION: A CULTURAL INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATION AND POWER: A CULTURAL HISTORY CHAPTER 3 PUBLIC ADVOCACY: COMMITMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITY PART 2: COMMUNICATION PROCESSES AND SKILLS CHAPTER 4 COMPASSIONATE CRITICAL LISTENING CHAPTER 5 IDENTITY AND PERCEPTION CHAPTER 6 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CHAPTER 7 EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION PART 3: COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND POWER IN OUR CULTURAL LIVES CHAPTER 9 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN CULTURE CHAPTER 10 GROUPS AND ALLIANCES IN CULTURE CHAPTER 11 MEDIATED CULTURE(S) CHAPTER 12 COMMUNICATION AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL ACTION
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COMMUNICATING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS Strategic Interactions Joann Keyton and Stephenson Beck
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Rooted in scholarly research from diverse disciplines, this text explains group communication concepts through clear examples based on representative group interactions. Rather than pure expository text, the book features dialogue to demonstrate how group dynamics unfold.
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EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT A Reader Timothy Grainey
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The readings in this text provide students with theoretical approaches and practice suggestions they can use to foster successful negotiations and effective conflict resolution. Organized into four units, the text consistently emphasizes the importance of research and planning, as well the need for flexibility. This reader is well-suited to courses in persuasion, conflict resolution, negotiation, and international business.
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UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION AND AGING Developing Knowledge and Awareness Jake Harwood
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This book explores communication in older adulthood, particularly in the areas of interpersonal, intercultural, and mass communication, and includes coverage of communication using new technology. It synthesizes existing research, and builds a case for more positive attitudes towards aging and for the power of communication to shape such attitudes.
COMMUNICATION AND MUSIC IN SOCIAL INTERACTION Jake Harwood
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This book gives readers an accessible entry point into music as a form of communication and its impact on daily life. Dedicated to giving communication students, educators, and researchers insight into an often overlooked communicative form, it can be used in communication studies courses, as well as courses in ethnomusicology and the psychology of music.
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NEGOTIATING WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS Vincent R. Waldron and Jeffrey W. Kassing
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This text teaches students how to navigate the ethically challenging and professionally risky situations they are likely to encounter in their working lives. Each chapter introduces specific workplace challenges, such as managing privacy, responding to harassment, offering criticism, and more, and teaches students how to address each issue using the Risk Negotiation Cycle.
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COMMUNICATION FOR PROFESSIONALS A Guide to Writing and Speaking Well Terrence L. Warburton and Jaime S. Warburton
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This text focuses on the practice and performance of effective communication in business and professional contexts. After establishing fundamental principles regarding professional communication, the book moves on to consider the organizational, interpersonal, and nonverbal contexts in which communication occurs. Specific chapters are devoted to group communication, presentations, business writing, and public writing.
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THE SUCCESSFUL SPEAKER’S GUIDE Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Tools, and Enhance Your Confidence Richard Bukoski
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This anthology compiles original material and reading selections that help readers assess their own strengths and weaknesses as speakers, and uses specific tools to prepare the perfect speech for any occasion. Filled with expert guidance for speaking successfully in class, or in professional or social settings, the text focuses on practical tips and real-world applications.
SPEAKING FOR SUCCESS Readings and Resources Steven D. Cohen
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Now in its second edition, this valuable text provides readers a collection of essential articles on the art of public speaking. It explores the tools and techniques that powerful speakers use to captivate their listeners. The book covers topics often overlooked, including first impressions, leadership styles, and public narratives. It is an ideal standalone text or supplemental reader for public speaking courses.
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Adapting to Emerging Global Realities Wenshan Jia
Š 2018
Featuring the writing of authors from many diverse disciplines, nations, and cultures, this text cultivates global citizenship and improves professional communication skills The selected readings focus on significant, new players in the global political economy, most notably the BRICS nations, to enhance knowledge and communicative competence of all parties at stake..
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION Essential Readings Vandana Pednekar-Magal
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This anthology is a critical guide to international communication studies. The volume brings together many perspectives on globalization and communication, thematically arranged with introductions to each section. It includes new essays on significant topics such as migration and transnational communities, as well as works seminal to the discipline of international communication.
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COMMUNICATION AND PREJUDICE Theories, Effects, and Interventions Alexis Tan
Š 2018
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This text is a comprehensive exploration of how communication affects prejudice, and how communication interventions reduce it. The book gives readers a well-rounded understanding of theories and current research on the topic, sustained with real-world examples that bring concepts and principles to life. It is ideal for undergraduate courses in journalism, mass communication, race and gender in media, and communications.
COMMUNICATING WELL A Fundamental Toolkit Chinn | MacDougall | Barrett | Sinnott | Spillberg | Holbrook | Nelson | Mudambi | DiManno
Š 2018 Conceived and authored by a diverse team of veteran communication professors, this text provides students a concise yet thought-provoking set of tools and tips for realizing their potential as communicators in relationships, groups, as public speakers, and as media users. It is written for basic communication courses at the introductory college level.
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COMMUNICATION DIVERSITY IN FAMILIES James Honeycutt
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This text discusses diverse family types and the communication that occurs within and among them. The carefully curated readings explore a variety of family forms which exist and have existed in American society throughout its history. The book is well-suited to courses in family issues, psychology, sociology, communication studies, counseling, social work, and LGBTQ studies.
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FOUNDATIONS OF PHONOLOGY Linguistic Development, Speech Pathology, and Communicative Disorders Kimberly Frazier
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This text addresses the importance of clinical phonetics in the diagnosis and remediation of communicative disorders. This introductory text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational concepts and constructs, and outlines the relationships between speech development in both motoric and linguistic terms and human development overall.
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WRITING WINNING PROPOSALS Public Relations Cases Rebecca A. Gilliland and Thomas R. Hagley
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This text teaches readers how to conceptualize and write public relations plans from the perspective of the plan reviewer. The process illustrated in the book is designed to win approval from the plan reviewers and foster a path for award-winning plan writing. The book describes components of the plan and provides examples to further demonstrate the strategy and thought process behind plan construction.
INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION People, Platforms, and Practices Joshua Dickhaus and Sara Baker Netzley
Š 2018
This anthology features readings that prompt students to reflect on and discuss diverse topics in communication disciplines, ethics, and history. Students learn about major subject areas in communication, such as journalism and strategic communication, as well as various platforms including print, radio, film, comic books, television, video games, and social media. It is ideal for introductory communication courses.
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POISED TO RESPOND A Practical Introduction to Public Relations Brian C. Sowa
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This text provides a practical overview of public relations and prepares students to enter the work force ready to respond to public relations management issues. The book covers key topics including ethical challenges, globalization, issues management, crisis communication, technology, and integrated marketing communication. Students will also learn about diversity, activism, reputation management, and rhetorical approaches.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS A Guide to Strategic Communication Young Joon Lim
Š 2017
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This text gives students a look into the real world of public relations. In a field that changes rapidly in both theory and practice, the book emphasizes current, practical information and reflects the newest trends. Students learn about the history of public relations, academic research in the discipline, and the roles of public opinion, ethics, and the media in public relations.
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SPEAKING WELL Practical Public Speaking for College Students Charles S. Drinnon
Š 2017
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This compilation of readings on the art and practice of public speaking covers subjects such as topic selection, speech delivery, the development of presentation aids, and the role of preparation, to name a few. Geared toward two-year technical and career college students, care is taken to link the material to real-world speaking situations including introductions, job interviews, meeting presentations, and briefings.
PRAGMATIC PUBLIC SPEAKING A Workshop Approach to Real World Speeches Danna Prather Davis and Wren C. Levitt
Š 2017 This text explains why speaking well is a necessary tool for professional success and how to speak well in a variety of situations and genres. Readers learn how to analyze speeches, look for logical chains of progressions, and identify flaws in logic. Each chapter includes a brainstorm box, a speech checklist, an atomistic evaluation, and a holistic evaluation.
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ARGUMENTATION AND CRITICAL THOUGHT An Introduction to Advocacy, Reasoning, and Debate Kevin Kuswa and Cameron Sublett
Š 2017 This text clearly explains key concepts of argumentation and places it within the context of the larger field of communication studies. The emphasis is on critical theory and rhetoric as ways to ground the practical elements of formal debate. This encompasses ethos, pathos, logos, critical theory, notions of subjectivity, and social change, all of which are addressed in the text.
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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH Readings and Applications Stephen M. Yoshimura
Š 2017
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This anthology features cutting-edge, interdisciplinary readings that familiarize students with the basics of nonverbal communication and provide them with an accessible but in-depth look at social scientific research on nonverbal social interaction. The selected readings include peer-reviewed studies on specific nonverbal codes and essays on the nature and applications of the current body of research on nonverbal behavior.
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SAY THIS, NOT THAT TO YOUR PROFESSOR 36 Talking tips for College Success Ellen Bremen
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This text focuses on the student-professor relationship and provides students the exact words they need to competently and confidently deal with challenging classroom situations. The text teaches readers to communicate professionally and gives insight into issues that play a critical role in their college experiences.
BAGGAGE CLAIMS Attitudes and Skills to Pack for College Joe Marren, Amitra A. Wall, Susan Mary Paige, Amy DiBartolo Rockwell, and Jane E. Sullivan
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This text combines the knowledge, academic backgrounds, and life experiences of five educators to help first-year university students appreciate what college has to offer and acquire the skills needed for academic success. The unique organization of the text approaches the first-year college experience as a journey. Each chapter advises students on what to pack and what to leave at home.
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SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA James R. Angelini © 2017 REQUEST a Review Copy
This unique anthology brings together works by noted researchers in the field of mass communication who examine sexual and violent content in television, film, music, video games, and advertising. The articles provide a balanced view of the current state of scholarly research in this area without overly specialized language, making the text accessible to undergraduates of all levels while still providing the scholarly research for graduate students and beyond.
THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION GUIDEBOOK
RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERACTIONS Alexis Tan © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
Conversational in tone, this book illustrates concepts with examples from the world of everyday experience. Students become familiar with relevant research, theories that explain and predict, strategies that work, and suggestions on how and when to use these strategies.
LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TO EXPERIENCE THE ESSENCE OF DEAF CULTURE Lisa Koch © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
Extensively class-tested, this book develops readers’ awareness of and sensitivity to the Deaf community in America. The book is an excellent addition to courses in American Sign Language, Deaf history and culture, and communication sciences and disorders.
WHY COMMUNICATION MATTERS Daniel Walsch © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
Why Communication Matters is a compilation of entries from the blog of the same name. Taken together these clear, concise essays make the case for the relevance of real, meaningful, effective communication in both professional and personal life. The organization of the text allows professors and students to move effortlessly between topics, making the connections that seem most appropriate for the organization of diverse communication courses.
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A SURVEY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Michael Shaw Findlay © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
Thorough yet concise and accessible, this book discusses the relationship between language and culture in a way appropriate for undergraduate study. Through nine chapters students explore everything from the actual definition of language to language acquisition, from theoretical perspectives on language development to applied linguistics.
STORYTELLING
REFLECTING ON ORAL NARRATIVES AND CULTURES Anne Ross Goding © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology focuses on how people share cultural ideals through traditional folktales. The selected readings emphasize the idea that the practice of face-toface oral narrative strengthens cultural beliefs, attitudes, and values. The twelve chapters in the book address the meaning of culture, the purpose of story, the role of characters, and the relationship between storyteller and audience.
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCY
LEARNING, COMMUNICATING, AND SERVING Robert S. Littlefield, Jenna Currie-Mueller, Nadene N. Vevea, and Noor GhazalAswad © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology helps students become engaged and culturally competent communicators. The selected readings illustrate key concepts and perspectives in intercultural communication that assist students in gaining entrée into small group discussions and activities. Specifically, they serve as jumping off points for in-class discussions on specific target topics, skills, and strategies.
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR AUDIENCE
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PREPARING AND DELIVERING PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Lisa Kuchta © 2016 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book provides practical and accessible advice to college students and preprofessionals on how to present effectively in a work environment. The material focuses on audience engagement and strengthening communication skills rather than on reciting manuscript or memorized speeches.
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MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS
WHERE MOVIES AND TEXTS CRITIQUE MEDIA AND SOCIETY Barry Vacker © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
Rather than examine the media as separate industries or technologies, this text explores the media in their totality and provides models and theories for interrogating many universal themes that span media and global culture. Using film as a gateway to critical readings, students learn to think creatively and critically about media, society, technology, and popular culture.
SETTLING THE UNSETTLING
UNDERSTANDING AND RESOLVING CONFLICT Dave Wolffe © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text provides those in conflict and dispute resolution programs with foundational skills in this specialized area of human relations training. The text introduces the different components of disputes, describes how to identify these factors, and how to use this knowledge to resolve difficult situations.
PRODUCING TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION A REAL WORLD DEMONSTRATION
Peter H. Porosky and Kevin R. Dungey © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text teaches students to understand and perform technical communication in a real world way through engaging in the process, rather than simply reading about it. Students learn the theoretical elements of technical writing as a form of communication that integrates a variety of tools and separates individual skills.
THE SUCCESSFUL VOICE
STRATEGIES, DRILLS AND EXERCISES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING, ACTING AND EVERYDAY CONVERSATION John Ross, Jr. © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book emphasizes the value of effective vocal communication in both the professional and private spheres. It gives public speakers and actors, as well as the daily conversationalist, the tools necessary to develop successful speaking skills.
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THE LITTLE BOOK
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR RHETORICAL VOICE Richard N. Wood, PhD, Jessica Kiesling, and Maureen E. Kelly © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book is intended for undergraduate courses in public speaking and professional writing. The material facilitates self-discovery and critical thinking as students learn to assess the validity of their ideas and express them with clarity and integrity.
THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, SENSE
COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO ENHANCED COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE Gwen A. Hullman ©2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book gives readers a solid foundation in theories regarding cognitive influences on the interpersonal communication process. It also enhances understanding of how these theories can be practically applied. The book features diverse readings on the subject matter and uses case studies to bring the material to life.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION John R Muma ©2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book examines cognitive development and affect in language acquisition, pre-grammatical and grammatical children, speech and hearing mechanisms, phonology, pragmatics, and literacy. Students will gain historical perspective, learn how communication acquisition is more general than actual language acquisition, and enhance their understanding of constructionism, relevance theory, usage theory, and dynamic systems theory.
BEST PRACTICES John R Muma ©2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text is a response to the recent paradigm shift in the field of language acquisition. It examines substantive differences between pre-grammatical and grammatical children, the limitations of normative tests, and intervention principles for various clinical populations. The book is ideally suited to classes in language acquisition, language intervention, and language assessment.
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ALWAYS CONNECTED
THE POWER OF BROADCASTING AND SOCIAL MEDIA John Mark Dempsey © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
The anthology Always Connected helps students become knowledgeable consumers of electronic media. The topics include social media, reality TV, censorship, and social isolation. Introductory summaries of each reading prepare students to engage fully with the material and consider the topic deeply.
LEAD THE WAY
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Forrest D. Toms and Sylvia Willie Burgess © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book examines major theories, practices, and strategies in community and civic engagement. It provides readers with a working knowledge of such engagement, and discusses the importance of collaborating with active stakeholders to enhance leadership, foster community-building, increase civic participation, and guide policy change.
COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY EXPLORING AND REINTRODUCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Patricia St. E. Darlington, Ph.D. © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
Opening with a call for re-engagement, the text then moves on to address topics such as high quality civic education, building social capital, the role of citizenship in students’ daily lives, cultural approaches to communication, and theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on global citizenship. The text can be used in courses on communication, education, and political science.
ORGANIZATIONAL SPOKESMANSHIP SO YOU WANT TO BECOME A PRESS SECRETARY Daniel Walsch © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text draws on research and insights from professionals to discuss the functions of the organizational spokesman from a range of perspectives. Each of the chapters focuses on a specific aspect of the role to help readers understand and appreciate the skills and challenges. Case studies give readers the opportunity to see how the target skills and functions are manifested in the real world.
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AMERICAN MEDIA AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS A READER Robert Pondillo, Ph.D. © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book places mass media within the context of the greater cultural, social, historical, and ideological world. It provides a firm foundation for studying mass media through introductory chapters on how media works, semiotics, ideology, and media literacy. Students will learn that mass media is not created in a vacuum, but rather it sits at the intersection of all the social sciences.
ANATOMY OF MASS MEDIA Dianah Wynter © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text teaches students how to analyze and interpret media messages, prepares them to produce credible and responsible critiques and theories on forms of media and messaging, and inspires them to create powerful and effective media messages of their own. It addresses all forms of mass media and centralizes the knowledge bases and theories behind each form.
GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN POPULAR CULTURE Benjamin Bateman © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text serves as a valuable learning tool for courses in media and communication studies, cultural studies, women’s and LGBT studies, and composition courses organized thematically around popular culture. Students are given the theoretical tools to engage popular media as dynamic sites of cultural struggle and knowledge production.
MASS MEDIA SOCIALIZATION RESEARCH Qingwen Dong © 2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
Mass Media Socialization Research introduces a variety of theoretical tools, concepts and frameworks to help readers better understand and analyze mass media socialization studies. Designed for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students, this anthology contains a unique selection of twenty-four essays covering the various mass media channels, including television, film, and the Internet.
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RACE, GENDER, AND STEREOTYPES IN THE MEDIA A READER FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORS Amiso M. George and Tommy Thomason ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology brings together essays from a variety of prominent scholars and experts in all fields of mass communications, as well as commentators and bloggers. These perspectives give readers access to a range of views and create an engaging and thought-provoking reading experience.
SEX, ETHICS, AND COMMUNICATION
A HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO CONVERSATIONS ON INTIMACY Valerie V. Peterson ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text addresses the need for thoughtful consideration of human sexuality and sexual communication. Written from a secular humanist perspective, the book places communication, rather than biology, psychology, or religion, at the heart of our understanding of sex and sexual behavior.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION AND BODY LANGUAGE Kerri Johnson ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This collection aims to provide a review of research that helps us understand how interpersonal messages are sent by face and body cues. The selections in this book are organized in ten sections and include theoretical reviews, empirical journal articles, and popular science coverage for a range of topics relevant to nonverbal communication.
READINGS IN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE Jon F. Nussbaum ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text helps students understand how researchers face the numerous challenges of conducting communication research, and how they produce knowledge that adds to our theoretical understanding of communication.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATION Tammy Vigil ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text gives students a strong introductory foundation in communication skills. Many texts in the field focus on either fundamentals of communication or mass communication. This anthology addresses both and provides useful information about careers in the field.
CONFLICT COMMUNICATION Kristin Leigh Davis ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology incldues both scholarly articles and book chapters from the disciplines of human communication, psychology, marriage and family therapy, and business. Organized thematically, the readings cover interpersonal conflict from theory to research to future directions and offer a broad knowledge base in the field of conflict communication.
COMMUNICATION WARS OUR INTERNAL PERPETUAL CONFLICT
Daniel Walsch ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text looks at the fundamental needs that drive us as human beings, and explores how those needs help determine the way we communicate. Rather than focusing on public relations and communication as strategies for promoting a product or representing a client, the book examines them on a very human, day-to-day level as they appear through the lens of history.
COMMUNICATING IDENTITY CRITICAL APPROACHES
Jason Zingsheim and Dustin Bradley Goltz ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
Embracing an intersectional investigation of identity and examining the critical interworkings of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation, this edited anthology contemplates the shifting and fluid dimensions of identities within spatial, temporal, and discursive contexts.
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CONCEPTS IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION A PRACTICAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY
Bruce C. McKinney ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
Concepts in Applied Communication is an introductory level textbook designed for instructors teaching large, lecture-style courses. While covering all the basic concepts in communication, performance related elements, such as student speeches, are limited. Instead, this text incorporates content not found in traditional introductory texts, including the Internet, social media, and culture.
CONSTRUCTING EFFECTIVE SPEECHES A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
Amy Muckleroy Carwile ©2013 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text is intended for introductory public speaking or speech communication courses. The book is divided into four main sections, each of which provides novice speakers with tools that are needed in the speech building process. The appendix to the book has practical exercises and tear-out assignments. It also includes a glossary, comprehensive reference list, and helpful links for concepts.
LEADING YOUR AUDIENCE
A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO PUBLIC SPEAKING Laura Arnett Smith ©2012 REQUEST a Review Copy
While many textbooks focus on theoretical speech concepts, Leading Your Audience gives students practical, easily applicable tools and strategies to achieve the goal of being a successful public speaker. The book is organized systematically to provide students with a stress-free structure while building their confidence.
THE VIDEOGAME ETHICS READER Jose P. Zagal ©2012 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book provides an entry point for thinking, deliberating, and discussing ethical topics surrounding videogames and their accompanying technologies. A unique collection of writings on videogames and ethics by leading scholars and practitioners, the book includes game analyses, case studies, and thoughtprovoking essays that serve as a valuable companion to traditional ethics textbooks.
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CENSORSHIP Paul Von Blum © 2012 REQUEST a Review Copy
Censorship is a casebook designed to help readers understand the complexities of censorship and expressive freedom in America during the past century. By focusing on concrete cases and examples, the volume encourages students and other readers to explore the underlying conflicts of values that First Amendment and censorship controversies promote.
SEX, RACE, AND POLITICS FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS Keith Fink © 2012 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book provides a highly entertaining and academic look at free speech and association issues on the college campus. The presentation of the legal material mixed in with humorous fact patterns makes analysis of the cutting edge campus speech issues enjoyable. Each section includes in-depth discussion questions to encourage a deeper engagement and understanding of the text.
POWER AND PLEASURE IN POPULAR CULTURE Ebony A. Utley © 2012 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology forces readers to think about why they enjoy popular culture by asking questions about its relationship to power. Additional emphasis on food, fashion, television, film, music, political cartoons, virtual communication, and physical bodies increases the likelihood that students will identify with the content found in this book and connect the readings with their lived experiences.
AMERICAN MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE Qingwen Dong © 2010 REQUEST a Review Copy
This anthology helps students examine popular culture from both critical and empirical perspectives. In particular, students explore the persuasive effects of various new media. The material empowers readers to become more than passive users and consumers of mass media, and helps them gain true awareness of how they as individuals, and society as a whole, are influenced by these important social forces.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING THE PATH TO SUCCESS
Steven D. Cohen © 2011 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book explores the techniques that powerful public speakers use to design and deliver speeches that captivate their audience members. The book takes students on a personal journey of discovery that makes them think about their default public speaking behaviors and challenges them to improve their public speaking skills.
LESSONS FROM THE PODIUM PUBLIC SPEAKING AS A LEADERSHIP ART Steven D. Cohen © 2011 REQUEST a Review Copy
By engaging in advanced speech construction exercises and studying sophisticated delivery concepts, readers will break bad habits, master the art of the first impression, improve emotional resonance, and learn how to expertly drive home key concepts in order to influence, educate, or inspire.
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE HERE? MEDIA, AUDIENCE, ETHICS
Robert A. Emmons © 2010 REQUEST a Review Copy
This book presents essays that challenge readers to examine and take responsibility for their role as media consumers. While there are undeniable ethical responsibilities placed upon a medium or media outlet and the content it creates, the media cycle that the audience participates in also requires a level of awareness and active participation of the consumer.
WHAT’S NEXT IN THE MEDIA Christopher Harper © 2010 REQUEST a Review Copy
This collection contains works from some of the finest minds who want to make the media better rather than to focus on the “good old days” of the mavens telling the public what it should know. It also provides analysis of investigative journalism, media criticism, sports, wireless technologies, and other aspects of the current and future media environment.
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