Communication: An IntroductionSAGE, 2000 M02 11 - 219 pages Written as an introduction for beginning students, this book offers a thorough, yet lively, overview of human communication in all its aspects. Accessibly written and assuming no prior knowledge of the discipline Communication: An Introduction: offers a thorough, yet lively, examination of all aspects of human communication, including: a summary of its nature, form and function; a detailed analysis of all the levels of communication; a description and overview of the different traditions of communication studies; and a consideration of the future of communication - as a phenomenon and as a field of research. |
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... basic approaches in the humanities and social sciences xx ix xi 1 1 12235 8 1.5 The cube of humanities and social sciences 10 1.6 Communication studies located 16 1.7 1.8 Three different perspectives on communication studies Theories ...
... basic approaches in the humanities and social sciences xx ix xi 1 1 12235 8 1.5 The cube of humanities and social sciences 10 1.6 Communication studies located 16 1.7 1.8 Three different perspectives on communication studies Theories ...
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... basic communication patterns 49 2.3 A model of mediated communication 50 2.4 3.1 A typology of intra - level and inter - level communication The Great Wheel of Culture in Society 51 55 3.2 A typology of relations between culture and ...
... basic communication patterns 49 2.3 A model of mediated communication 50 2.4 3.1 A typology of intra - level and inter - level communication The Great Wheel of Culture in Society 51 55 3.2 A typology of relations between culture and ...
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... basic precondition for all community . Shared knowledge , of course , may sometimes also include knowledge about conflicting views and interests . It may thus lead to conflict rather than to community . In addition , conflicting parties ...
... basic precondition for all community . Shared knowledge , of course , may sometimes also include knowledge about conflicting views and interests . It may thus lead to conflict rather than to community . In addition , conflicting parties ...
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... basic characteristics common to all times , regardless of the size and complexity of the communicating units , and regardless of the distance in time and space between them . Com- munication is thus a phenomenon basic to all human ...
... basic characteristics common to all times , regardless of the size and complexity of the communicating units , and regardless of the distance in time and space between them . Com- munication is thus a phenomenon basic to all human ...
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... basic instruments for gaining new knowledge - reason and experience - and both science and scholarship have to use these instruments in combination . In order to understand and explain a given aspect of the world surrounding us , the ...
... basic instruments for gaining new knowledge - reason and experience - and both science and scholarship have to use these instruments in combination . In order to understand and explain a given aspect of the world surrounding us , the ...
Contents
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LXII | 111 |
LXIII | 114 |
LXIV | 118 |
LXV | 120 |
LXVII | 121 |
LXVIII | 123 |
LXIX | 126 |
LXX | 127 |
XXVIII | 44 |
XXIX | 46 |
XXX | 48 |
XXXI | 50 |
XXXII | 53 |
XXXIII | 55 |
XXXIV | 56 |
XXXV | 60 |
XXXVI | 61 |
XXXVII | 62 |
XXXVIII | 63 |
XXXIX | 67 |
XL | 68 |
XLI | 72 |
XLII | 73 |
XLIII | 76 |
XLIV | 80 |
XLV | 82 |
XLVI | 84 |
XLVII | 87 |
XLVIII | 88 |
LI | 90 |
LII | 91 |
LIII | 93 |
LIV | 95 |
LV | 97 |
LVI | 98 |
LVII | 100 |
LVIII | 101 |
LIX | 103 |
LX | 107 |
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