Bücher der Reihe Routledge Communication Series

This volume provides a summary of current measures used in quantitative communication research. It is appropriate for researchers and graduate students in the communication field.

In light of the ever-increasing abundance of media channels and messages, selective exposure has become more important than ever for media impacts. This monograph provides a comprehensive review of the research on selective exposure to media messages, which is at the heart of communication science and media effects. It is required reading for media scholars and researchers, and promises to influence and inspire future research.

This volume brings together the major thrusts of contemporary research and theory in political communication. The approach stresses theoretical overviews and research synthesis with the goal of each chapter to provide an overview of the major lines of research, theory and findings for that topic.

Explores the significance of real-world communication concerns that people are confronted with. This book captures the crucial role of communication in creating better social worlds. It serves as a comprehensive guide to the applied communication research field.

Advertising Theory is a comprehensive text that draws on current research and practices in advertising theory by introducing key concepts, models, theories, conflicts, and issues for individuals interested in this area. Editors Shelly Rodgers and Esther Thorson have developed this volume as a forum in which to compare, contrast,

Managing Interpersonal Conflict is a systematic review of conflict research in legal, institutional and relational contexts. Each chapter represents a summary of the existing quantitative social science research using meta-analysis, with contexts ranging from jury selection to peer mediation to homophobia reduction. The contributors provide connections between cutting-edge scholarship about abstract theoretical arguments, the needs of instructional and training pedagogy, and practical applications of information. The meta-analysis approach produces a unique informational resource, offering answers to key research questions addressing conflict.This volume serves as an invaluable resource for studying conflict, mediation, negotiation and facilitation in coursework; implementing and planning training programs; designing interventions; creating workshops; and conducting studies of conflict.

This volume illustrates the application of rhetorical theory and critical perspectives to explain public relations practices. It provides a systematic and coherent statement of the crucial guidelines and philosophical underpinnings of public relations, and it uses a rhetorical lens to give practitioners a clear sense of how their PR campaigns make a contribution to the organizational bottom line.

Now in its fourth edition, Media Effects again features essays from some of the finest scholars in the field and serves as a comprehensive reference volume for scholars, teachers, and students. This edition contains both new and updated content on social media, video games, mobile communication, and virtual technologies.

Advertising Theory is a comprehensive text that draws on current research and practices in advertising theory by introducing key concepts, models, theories, conflicts, and issues for individuals interested in this area. Editors Shelly Rodgers and Esther Thorson have developed this volume as a forum in which to compare, contrast,

Public Relations As Relationship Management takes an advanced look at organization-public relationships and the strategies that can be used to cultivate and maintain them.

Organized into three general sections, this work introduces both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications, considers the issues of online identity, taking into account how people construct presentations of self within a social environment, and addresses issues of how the Internet has affected our culture.

An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research provides an in-depth overview of communication studies as well as integrating theory with research. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of current theory and research written by the top theorists and researchers in each area.

This Handbook of Visual Communication explores the key theoretical areas and research methods of visual communication. With chapters contributed by many of the best-known and respected scholars in visual communication, this volume brings together significant and influential work in the discipline.

This Handbook of Visual Communication explores the key theoretical areas and research methods of visual communication. With chapters contributed by many of the best-known and respected scholars in visual communication, this volume brings together significant and influential work in the discipline.

Building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume and subsequent 2009 volume, Communication Research Measures III: A Sourcebook extends its coverage of measurement issues and trends across the entire communication discipline.

Illustrates various issues and ideas that affect the regulation of advertising and public relations speech, including the categorization of different kinds of speech afforded different levels of First Amendment protection; court-created tests for laws and regulations of speech; and, non content-based restrictions on speech and expression.

Revised edition of the authors' Applied organizational communication, c2008.

As an in-depth analysis of US Pres. debates, focusing on the past four decades, this volume offers insight into the practice & policies of political debate in a public forum. Of interest to scholars and researchers in pol. comm., journalism, & poli. sci.

This thoroughly updated third edition focuses on the primary concerns of media economics, the techniques of economic and business analysis, and the overall characteristics of the media environment; and explores contemporary business practices within spec

The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in 33 countries around the world. As the most comprehensive and reliable source on journalists around the world, it will serve as the primary source for evaluating the state of journalism. It promises to become a standard textbook among journalism, media, and communication students and researchers around the world.

Rev. ed. of: The crisis manager: facing risk and responsibility. 1997.

Tackles the question of media ownership. This title chronicles the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. It examines how the media industry is being reshaped by technological forces in the various segments, as well as by social and cultural reactions to these forces.