TY - BOOK AU - Eadie, William F. TI - 21st century communication: A reference handbook SN - 9781412950305 U1 - 302.2 PY - 2009/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Communication KW - Mass media KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies N1 - Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Part I: The Discipline of Communication; 1 -- Communication as An Idea and as An Ideal; 2 -- Communication as A Field and as A Discipline; 3 -- The Speech Tradition; 4 -- The Journalism Tradition; Part II: Approaches to the Study of Communication; 5 -- Philosophical Approaches to Communication; 6 -- Rhetorical and Textual Approaches to Communication; 7 -- Quantitative Approaches to Communication Research; 8 -- Qualitative, Ethnographic, and Performative Approaches to Communication; 9 -- Critical/Cultural Approaches to Communication. 10 -- Feminist Approaches to Communication11 -- Queer Approaches to Communication; Part III: Key Processes of Communication; 12 -- Message Construction and Editing; 13 -- Cognition and Information Processing; 14 -- Perspective Taking, Adaptation, and Coordination; 15 -- Social Construction; 16 -- Listening, Understanding, and Misunderstanding; 17 -- Performance and Storytelling; 18 -- Persuasion and Compliance Gaining; 19 -- Identity as Constituted in Communication; Part IV: Forms and Types of Communication; 20 -- Conversation, Dialogue, and Discourse; 21 -- Interviewing; 22 -- Public Speaking. 23 -- Deliberation, Debate, and Decision Making24 -- Conflict Management and Mediation; 25 -- Visual Rhetoric; 26 -- Memorials and Other Forms of Collective Memory; Part V: Key Characteristics of Messages; 27 -- The Interplay of Verbal and Nonverbal Cues; 28 -- Rhetorical Style; 29 -- Genre; 30 -- Dramatic Elements in Messages; 31 -- Rhetorical Exigency, Strategy, and Argumentation; 32 -- Social Support; Part VI: Key Communication Relationships; 33 -- Spouses and Other Intimate Partnerships; 34 -- Children, Parents, and Grandparents; 35 -- Friends; 36 -- Dating and Romantic Partners. 37 -- Supervisors, Subordinates, and Coworkers38 -- Social Groups, Workgroups, and Teams; 39 -- Students and Teachers; 40 -- Patients, Doctors, and Other Helping Relationships; Part VII: Factors Affecting Communication; 41 -- Gender; 42 -- Ethnicity; 43 -- Sexual Orientation; 44 -- Culture; 45 -- Risk; 46 -- Freedom of Expression; 47 -- Globalization; Part VIII: Challenges and Opportunities for Communication; 48 -- Ethical and Unethical Communication; 49 -- Competent and Incompetent Communication; 50 -- Unwanted Communication, Agression, and Abuse; 51 -- Sexual Harassment; 52 -- Deception; 53 -- Bias. Part IX: Media as Communication54 -- Traditional and New Media; 55 -- Media Portrayals and Representations; 56 -- Media Uses and Gratifications; 57 -- Agenda Setting and Framing; 58 -- Cultivation and Media Exposure; 59 -- Virtual Reality and Presence; 60 -- Computer-Mediated Communication; 61 -- Group Decision Support Systems; 62 -- Media Literacy; Part X: Communication as a Profession; 63 -- Professional Communication Practices; Part XI: Journalism; 64 -- The Idea of Journalism; 65 -- The Changing Nature of ""News""; 66 -- Reporting, Story Development, and Editing; 67 -- Investigative Journalism. 68 -- Magazine and Feature Writing ER -