The Handbook of Intergroup Communication

ISBN-13: 9780415889643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 432 str.

Howard Giles

Opis

This title brings together research, theory and application on traditional as well as innovative intergroup situations, exploring the communication aspect of these groups.

Spis treści

I: DIVERSE APPROACHES  Social psychological approaches to intergroup communication (IGC)  Sociolinguistics and intergroup communication (IGC)  Ethnographies and IGC  Discursive psychology and IGC  Sociological perspectives on IGC  Eclectic methodological and theoretical integrations  II: COMMUNICATIVE PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES  Accommodating and nonaccommodating messages  Language attitudes, nonverbals, and stigma  Hate speech and stereotypic talk  Powerful and silencing messages  Multilingual choices as intergroup  Terrorism as communication  Negotiating and reconciling intergroup conflict  Interethnic contact and peace  Intergroup e-communication  III: SOCIAL GROUPS AND COMMUNICATION  Between-genders communication  Communication between gays, lesbians, and straights  Youth-adult & younger-older adult communication  Communication between the generations  Interability communication: Physically challenged-able-bodied  Police-civilian interactions  Inter-gang rivalries, cliques, and social aggression  Inter-religious communication  IV: APPLIED DOMAINS AND COMMUNICATION  Health-related  Educational-related (incl. Greek & inter-discipline)  (Other) Organizational  The family as an intergroup arena  Sporting  Performing Arts (Music & dance)  Print media, TV, and the movies.  Epilogue

O autorze

Howard (Howie) Giles is Professor of Communication at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has served as Chair of the Communication Department and as the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Letters and Science. Prior to UCSB he was Chair of Social Psychology and Head of Psychology at Bristol University. His research interests revolve around the study of intergroup communication in different domains (interethnic, gay–straight, between-gender, physically challenged–ablebodied people), and his current interests focus on intergenerational communication and lifespan aging from a cross-cultural perspective.