Building Communication Theories: A Socio/Cultural Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415515610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 332 str.

Casmir, Fred L.

Opis

This volume focuses on one important aspect of human sense-making: theory building. It strives to clarify the thesis that theories do not develop in some sort of social or cultural vacuum, but instead are the products of specific times, insights and mindsets.

Recenzje

"Though Casmir's impressive and useful work appears to have been created as a textbook for upper-division undergraduates and for graduate students, it is apt to interest almost anyone studying theory building in general and communication theory in particular....this book deserves to be in any university library."
—CHOICE

Spis treści

Contents: F.L. Casmir, Preface. Part I:Theorizing: The Process of Sense-Making. F.L. Casmir, The Role of Theory and Theory Building. Part II:Building Theory: The Role of Assumptions. S.R. Olson, Renewed Alchemy: Science and Humanism in Communication Epistemology. J.A. Anderson, H.L. Goodall, Jr., Probing the Body Ethnographic: From an Anatomy of Inquiry to a Poetics of Expression. Part III:The Foundations of Communication: Human Beings and Language. W.A. Beach, Orienting to the Phenomenon. Part IV:Foci of Theory Building: Individuals and Their Associations. G.H. Stamp, A.L. Vangelisti, M.L. Knapp, Criteria for Developing and Assessing Theories of Interpersonal Communication. R.S. Fortner, Mediated Communication Theory. D.S. Gouran, R.Y. Hirokawa, M.C. McGee, L.L. Miller, Communication in Groups: Research Trends and Theoretical Perspectives. D.P. Cushman, B. Kovacic, Human Communication: A Rules Perspective. F.L. Casmir, Conclusions.

O autorze

Fred L. Casmir