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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... Process Analysis 94 5.1 Three simplified models of organization 120 5.2 A realistic model of organization 122 5.3 Organizational communication climates in 50 countries 128 5.4 Processes of diffusion and adoption 132 5.5 A typology for ...
... Process Analysis 94 5.1 Three simplified models of organization 120 5.2 A realistic model of organization 122 5.3 Organizational communication climates in 50 countries 128 5.4 Processes of diffusion and adoption 132 5.5 A typology for ...
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... any number of skills , capacities and knowledge . The process of learning is often haphazard , and as a rule is not very systematic , but in order to result in really new knowledge for other individuals , 2 Introduction.
... any number of skills , capacities and knowledge . The process of learning is often haphazard , and as a rule is not very systematic , but in order to result in really new knowledge for other individuals , 2 Introduction.
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... process has to be systematic . There are only two basic instruments for gaining new knowledge - reason and experience ... processes of conceptualization which all of us must engage in . Then we also need names for our concepts . That is ...
... process has to be systematic . There are only two basic instruments for gaining new knowledge - reason and experience ... processes of conceptualization which all of us must engage in . Then we also need names for our concepts . That is ...
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... process of creating new knowledge , be it scholarly or scientific , it is absolutely mandatory to have good and easy access to previous knowledge in the area of study . We thus need to store our knowledge in ways which make it ...
... process of creating new knowledge , be it scholarly or scientific , it is absolutely mandatory to have good and easy access to previous knowledge in the area of study . We thus need to store our knowledge in ways which make it ...
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... processes are continually affecting the structure . As the processes change , the structure tends to change gradually . The ' World System ' is a very complex system , and so is the human body . A small group of human beings may turn ...
... processes are continually affecting the structure . As the processes change , the structure tends to change gradually . The ' World System ' is a very complex system , and so is the human body . A small group of human beings may turn ...
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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