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Informationen zum Autor Karl Erik Rosengren is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at University of Lund, Sweden. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung An introduction to human communication in all its aspects. Karl Erik Rosengren presents an overview of the nature! form and function of communication. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Communication Elusive Phenomenon, Emergent Discipline PART TWO: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION Forms and Levels of Communication Some Elementary Distinctions Culture and Society, Media and Communication PART THREE: LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION Individual Communication Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Group Communication Organizational Communication Societal Communication, Mass Communication International and Intercultural Communication PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION The Future of Communication and Communication Research
List of contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Communication
Elusive Phenomenon, Emergent Discipline
PART TWO: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Forms and Levels of Communication
Some Elementary Distinctions
Culture and Society, Media and Communication
PART THREE: LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION
Individual Communication
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Group Communication
Organizational Communication
Societal Communication, Mass Communication
International and Intercultural Communication
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION
The Future of Communication and Communication Research
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This is one of the few books in cultural studies which tries to intergrate analysis of texts with contexts (i.e. representation, the production of representation and political economy)' - Critical Arts
`An impressively clear and thoughtful introduction to communication science. Uniquely, this outlines the core integrating concepts of an emergent discipline, spanning interpersonal, group, organisational, mass-societal, and international levels of communication. This is an indispensable text for communication students' - Jay G Blumler, Emeritus Professor, The University of Leeds
