Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall
This book brings together a huge range of material including academic articles, filmillegalscripts and interplanetary messages adrift on space probes with supporting commentary to clarify their imporatance to the field. Communication Studies: The Essential Resource is a collection of essays and texts for all those studying communication at university and pre-university level.
Individual sections address:
* texts and meanings in communication
* themes in personal communication
* communication practice
* culture, communication and context
* debates and controversies in communication.
Edited by the same teachers and examiners who brought us AS Communication Studies: The Essential Introduction, this volume will help communications students to engage with the subject successfully. Its key features include:
* suggested further activities at the end of each chapter
* a glossary of key terms
* a comprehensive bibliography with web resources.
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Brings together a collection of primary and contemporary texts and writings from journalism on film, television and popular culture to provide a one-stop source of material in for teachers, lecturers and students that introduces new concepts and ways of thinking
Each subject is broken down into 'bite-sized' chunks with key points explained to make them more acessible for students
The editorial comment offers guidance on further reading and explains the importance of the work to communication studies, who/what influenced the writer/thinker and what effect this writing has on the discipline
Part 1: Texts and Meanings in Communication Approaching Theory, Semiotics, Language and the World Part 2:Themes in Personal Communication Social Interaction, Non-verbal Codes, Power in Groups, 'Male' and 'Female' Talk Part 3:Communication Practice Research Methods, Writing Style, Rhetoric Part 4:Culture, Communication and Context Ideology High and Low Culture, Marxism, Feminism, Post-Colonialism Part 5:Debates and Controversies in Communication Globalisation Technology as Culture, Communication and Socialisation
A comprehensive collection of primary source material for all those studying communications at university and pre-university level. Extracts include a range of texts including journalism and writings on film, television and popular culture.
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This book brings together a huge range of material including academic articles, filmillegalscripts and interplanetary messages adrift on space probes with supporting commentary to clarify their imporatance to the field. Communication Studies: The Essential Resource is a collection of essays and texts for all those studying communication at university and pre-university level.
Individual sections address:
* texts and meanings in communication
* themes in personal communication
* communication practice
* culture, communication and context
* debates and controversies in communication.
Edited by the same teachers and examiners who brought us AS Communication Studies: The Essential Introduction, this volume will help communications students to engage with the subject successfully. Its key features include:
* suggested further activities at the end of each chapter
* a glossary of key terms
* a comprehensive bibliography with web resources.rn
