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Informationen zum Autor Karl Erik Rosengren is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at University of Lund, Sweden. Klappentext This book provides an authoritative state-of-the-art review of comparative approaches to communication research in the context of time and location. Perspectives unique to mass, interpersonal, political, cultural and organizational communication are explored, while descriptions of well-known empirical projects reveal how collaborations worked and how problems were addressed across different periods and cultures. Comparatively Speaking serves both as a student text and as a stimulus to further research in comparative communication research. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENT APPROACHES An Introduction to Comparative Communication Research - Jay G Blumler, Jack M McLeod and Karl Erik Rosengren Managing Theoretical Diversity in Cross-National Studies of Political Communication - David L Swanson Comparison, Yes, But -- the Case of Technological and Cultural Change - James R Beniger PART TWO: EXEMPLARS Applying a Comparative Approach to Expectancy Violations Theory - Judee K Burgoon The Dynamics of Cable Television in the United States, Britain and France - William H Dutton and Thierry Vedel Mothers and Lovers - Tamar Liebes and Sonia M Livingstone Managing Women¿s Role Conflicts in American and British Soap Operas The Summit as Media Event - Daniel C Hallin and Paolo Mancini The Reagan/Gorbachev Meeting on US, Italian and Soviet Television The Structural Invariance of Change - Karl Erik Rosengren Comparative Studies of Media Use (Some Results from a Swedish Research Program) Magazine Advertising Content in Sweden and the United States - Kjell Nowak Stable Patterns of Change, Variable Levels of Stability Communication and Cultural Change in China - Steven H Chaffee and Godwin Chu Theories on Interpersonal Communication Styles from a Japanese Perspective - Youichi Ito A Sociological Approach PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS Comparative Communication Research - Karl Erik Rosengren, Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler From Exploration to Consolidation ...
