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While there is general acknowledgement that communication is a process rather than a condition, there has been little systematic examination of dynamic processes within communication studies.
This volume examines these processes within the communications field as a whole, from interpersonal to mass communication, and thereby brings to light many largely unexplored connections. The first part focuses on the methodological and theoretical significance of communication events or states which vary regularly, or in some distinct pattern, over time. The second section is a compilation of current theories and research based on the ideas of cyclic and dynamic patterns which occur in diverse communication settings.
List of contents
PART ONE: SOME IDEAS AND SPECULATIONS
A Partial Map to a Wide Territory - C Arthur VanLear and James H Watt
Communication Process Approaches and Models - C Arthur VanLear
Patterns, Cycles, and Dynamic Coordination
Sequentiality, Simultaneity, and Synchronicity in Human Communication - Peter R Monge and Michael E Kalman
PART TWO: SOME TOOLS FOR TIME
Indexing Pattern over Time - Robert B Arundale
Criteria for Studying Communication as a Dynamic Process
Dynamic Systems in Continuous Audience Response Measures - Mark Douglas West and Frank A Biocca
Localized Autocorrelation Diagnostic Statistic (LADS) for Time-Series Models - Clifford Nass and Youngme Moon
Conceptualization, Computation, and Utilization
Analyzing Cyclical Effects in Experimental Designs - James H Watt
Cellular Automata as Models of Unintended Consequences of Organizational Communication - Steven R Corman
PART THREE: SOME EXEMPLARY USES OF TIME
The Emergence of Shared Interpretations in Organizations - Noshir S Contractor and Susan J Grant
A Self-Organizing Systems Perspective
Predicting Television Viewing - George A Barnett and Sung Ho Cho
Cycles, the Weather, and Social Events
Attention Span Cycles - Jeanne M Meadowcroft
Cybernetics of Attitudes and Decisions - Stan A Kaplowitz and Edward L Fink
Dynamics of Speech Processes in Dyadic Interaction - Eugene H Buder
Coordinated Cycles in Behavior and Physiology during Face-to-Face Social Interactions - Rebecca M Warner
Dynamic Coordination of Vocal and Kinesic Behavior in Dyadic Interaction - Joseph N Cappella
Methods, Problems, and Interpersonal Outcomes
Summary
While there is general acknowledgement that communication is a process rather than a condition, there has been little systematic examination of dynamic processes within communication studies. This book focuses on the methodological and theoretical significance of communication events or states which vary regularly, or in some pattern, over time.
