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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... given aspect of the world surrounding us , the world of phenomena - all those buzzing , blooming , overwhelming things out there which we call reality and which all the time we experience with our senses and try to understand by our ...
... given aspect of the world surrounding us , the world of phenomena - all those buzzing , blooming , overwhelming things out there which we call reality and which all the time we experience with our senses and try to understand by our ...
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... given by nature and humanity in interaction ; • the institutions created by man when building a human society ; • the institutions created to ensure the continued existence of society over time . This three - dimensional typology ...
... given by nature and humanity in interaction ; • the institutions created by man when building a human society ; • the institutions created to ensure the continued existence of society over time . This three - dimensional typology ...
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... given above for humanistic and social science disciplines have to be trebled , of course . For instance , the little cube defined as politics- sociology - communication may be approached and understood in terms of an institutional ...
... given above for humanistic and social science disciplines have to be trebled , of course . For instance , the little cube defined as politics- sociology - communication may be approached and understood in terms of an institutional ...
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... given , with a view to illustrate the way in which an interplay between substantive theories , formal models and empirical data may further the intellectual development in a given tradition of communication research , while the absence ...
... given , with a view to illustrate the way in which an interplay between substantive theories , formal models and empirical data may further the intellectual development in a given tradition of communication research , while the absence ...
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... given , a history which to a large extent coincides with the history of humankind and its societies . One reason why this is so is because culture , a constitutive element of human societies , is created and maintained by communication ...
... given , a history which to a large extent coincides with the history of humankind and its societies . One reason why this is so is because culture , a constitutive element of human societies , is created and maintained by communication ...
Contents
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XXIII | 35 |
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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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