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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... define the concept of communication more precisely , in a way which will allow us to differentiate between various kinds of com- munication ( see sections 2.2 and 2.3 ) . For the time being we will stay with the common - sense meaning ...
... define the concept of communication more precisely , in a way which will allow us to differentiate between various kinds of com- munication ( see sections 2.2 and 2.3 ) . For the time being we will stay with the common - sense meaning ...
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... defined by the typology have here been named ' radical structuralism ' , ' radical humanism ' , ' functionalism ' and the ' interpretative approach ' , respectively . 1.4 Four basic approaches in the humanities and social sciences What ...
... defined by the typology have here been named ' radical structuralism ' , ' radical humanism ' , ' functionalism ' and the ' interpretative approach ' , respectively . 1.4 Four basic approaches in the humanities and social sciences What ...
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... defined their very existence . Vague terms such as ' critical ' , ' radical ' and ' left ' , therefore , have recently become increasingly more popular , while more precise terms such as ' Marxism ' or ' Socialism ' - not to mention ...
... defined their very existence . Vague terms such as ' critical ' , ' radical ' and ' left ' , therefore , have recently become increasingly more popular , while more precise terms such as ' Marxism ' or ' Socialism ' - not to mention ...
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... defined than are the institutional and communication - related dimensions . The most important reservation , however , concerns the fact that two basic dimensions are not included in the typology : those of time and space . ( In schools ...
... defined than are the institutional and communication - related dimensions . The most important reservation , however , concerns the fact that two basic dimensions are not included in the typology : those of time and space . ( In schools ...
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... defined ecology as the study of all those complex interrelations referred to by Darwin as the conditions of the struggle for existence . ' Ecologists like to look at the environment as an eco - system of interlocking relationships and ...
... defined ecology as the study of all those complex interrelations referred to by Darwin as the conditions of the struggle for existence . ' Ecologists like to look at the environment as an eco - system of interlocking relationships and ...
Contents
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XXI | 31 |
XXII | 32 |
XXIII | 35 |
XXIV | 37 |
XXV | 40 |
XXVI | 42 |
XXVII | 43 |
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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