Understanding Communication Theory : A Beginner's Guide

Stephen M. Croucher

ISBN 10: 0415748038 / ISBN 13: 9780415748032

Verlag: Routledge, 2015

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book offers students a comprehensive, theoretical, and practical guide to communication theory. Croucher defines the various perspectives on communication theory-the social scientific, interpretive, and critical approaches-and then takes on the theories themselves, with topics including interpersonal communication, organizational communication, intercultural communication, persuasion, critical and rhetorical theory and other key concepts. Each theory chapter includes a sample undergraduate-written paper that applies the described theory, along with edits and commentary by Croucher, giving students an insider's glimpse of the way communication theory can be written about and applied in the classroom and in real life. Featuring exercises, case studies and keywords that illustrate and fully explain the various communication theories, Understanding Communication Theory gives students all the tools they need to understand and apply prominent communication theories.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415748032

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Understanding Communication Theory : A Beginner's Guide
• Verlag: Routledge
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0415748038
• ISBN-13: 9780415748032
• Bindung: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

This book offers students a comprehensive, theoretical, and practical guide to communication theory. Croucher defines the various perspectives on communication theory―the social scientific, interpretive, and critical approaches―and then takes on the theories themselves, with topics including interpersonal communication, organizational communication, intercultural communication, persuasion, critical and rhetorical theory and other key concepts. Each theory chapter includes a sample undergraduate-written paper that applies the described theory, along with edits and commentary by Croucher, giving students an insider’s glimpse of the way communication theory can be written about and applied in the classroom and in real life. Featuring exercises, case studies and keywords that illustrate and fully explain the various communication theories, Understanding Communication Theory gives students all the tools they need to understand and apply prominent communication theories.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stephen M. Croucher is Professor at Massey University, New Zealand. He is co-author of Understanding Communication Research Methods.