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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... communication Research on innovation and diffusion 129 131 5.9 Organizations for furthering adoption and diffusion 5.9.1 The general pattern 135 135 5.9.2 Lobbying 135 6 Societal Communication , Mass Communication 138 6.1 6.2 Types of ...
... communication Research on innovation and diffusion 129 131 5.9 Organizations for furthering adoption and diffusion 5.9.1 The general pattern 135 135 5.9.2 Lobbying 135 6 Societal Communication , Mass Communication 138 6.1 6.2 Types of ...
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... mass media level International news : intra and extra media data 182 176 178 178 179 184 7.5 7.6 International popular culture 7.6.1 Popular culture as innovation 7.6.2 Popular music 7.7 190 191 191 192 Computerized international ...
... mass media level International news : intra and extra media data 182 176 178 178 179 184 7.5 7.6 International popular culture 7.6.1 Popular culture as innovation 7.6.2 Popular music 7.7 190 191 191 192 Computerized international ...
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... of communication 164 165 167 171 7.2 7.3a 7.3b 7.3c International diffusion of news : the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 Media maps , mental maps and real maps : girls , low TV Media maps , mental maps and ...
... of communication 164 165 167 171 7.2 7.3a 7.3b 7.3c International diffusion of news : the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 Media maps , mental maps and real maps : girls , low TV Media maps , mental maps and ...
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... mass communication , etc. Social and societal phenomena , to be understood in terms of this dimension , are closely related to a very basic control function which ... media . All of them have their specific tasks . Also , 12 Introduction X.
... mass communication , etc. Social and societal phenomena , to be understood in terms of this dimension , are closely related to a very basic control function which ... media . All of them have their specific tasks . Also , 12 Introduction X.
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... communication and control dimension should have their own vertical slice ( situated at right angles relative to the ... mass media system has been establishing itself in societies of our type , and in parallel with this process there ...
... communication and control dimension should have their own vertical slice ( situated at right angles relative to the ... mass media system has been establishing itself in societies of our type , and in parallel with this process there ...
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XXX | 48 |
XXXI | 50 |
XXXII | 53 |
XXXIII | 55 |
XXXIV | 56 |
XXXV | 60 |
XXXVI | 61 |
XXXVII | 62 |
XXXVIII | 63 |
XXXIX | 67 |
XL | 68 |
XLI | 72 |
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LI | 90 |
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