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Reasoned Action Frameworks
Marco Yzer, Brian Southwell
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Reasoned Action Frameworks Introduction Reasoned action frameworks, which include the Theory of Reasoned Action and its extensions, the widely used Th...
Religion and the Media
Judith M. Buddenbaum
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Religion and Media Introduction Churches and other religious organizations have always conducted or commissioned media research addressing the...
Science Communication
Sharon Dunwoody
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Science Communication Introduction Science-communication scholarship focuses on the hows, whys, and impacts of science messages aimed at nons...
Scripps, E. W.
Gerald J. Baldasty, Robert C. Richards
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
E. W. Scripps Introduction Edward Willis Scripps (b. 1854–d. 1926) was one of the leading newspaper publishers of the late 19th and early 20th...
Selective Exposure
Hans-Bernd Brosius, Christina Peter
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Selective Exposure Introduction The basic assumption in the study of selective exposure is that people expose themselves to external stimuli in a se...
Semiotics
Marcel Danesi
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Semiotics Introduction Semiotics is the discipline studying the meanings imprinted in signs and sign systems—a “sign” being defined as anythin...
Sex in the Media
Barrie Gunter
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Sex in the Media Introduction Mediated sex is a prevalent attribute of most forms of public entertainment. Sexual scenarios permeate fictio...
Small-Group Communication
Lawrence R. Frey
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Small-Group Communication Introduction The study of small-group communication investigates: (a) the nature and effects of members of small coll...
Social Change
Jan Servaes
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Social Change Introduction In the social and communication sciences, social change has traditionally been associated with “development problems” ...
Social Cognition
Michael E. Roloff
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Social Cognition Introduction Successful communication requires much more than sending and receiving linguistic and nonlinguistic cues. Individ...
Social Interaction
Valerie Manusov
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Social Interaction Introduction The study of social interaction involves the careful assessment of the practices of everyday communicating ...
Social Media
Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Mark Coddington
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Social Media Introduction Social Media (SM) research is a relatively new area of academic inquiry; thus, it finds itself in constant flux. Res...
Social Movements
Michael McCluskey
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Social Movements Introduction Scholarly interest in social movements, especially in regard to communication, has developed significantly since...
Social Network Analysis
Peter Carrington
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Social Network Analysis Introduction Since its beginnings in the 1930s, social network analysis (SNA) has emerged as a major paradigm for soci...
Social Protest
Doug McLeod
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Social Protest Introduction Social protest is a form of political expression that seeks to bring about social or political change by influencing ...
Sports Communication
Bryan E. Denham
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Sports Communication Introduction Amateur and professional sports play a significant role in society and popular culture, and scholars have inc...
Stereotypes
Mary Lee Hummert
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Stereotypes Introduction The study of the relationship between stereotypes and communication is strongly interdisciplinary, involving not o...
Third-Person Effect
Yariv Tsfati
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Third-Person Effect Introduction Audience perceptions regarding media influence have been extensively studied since the 1980s. Originating with a lan...
Time Warner
Amelia Arsenault
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Time Warner Introduction Time Warner (TW) ranks among the top three largest diversified media conglomerates in the world. The corporation was ...
Violence in the Media
Erica Scharrer
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Violence in the Media Introduction Controversy surrounding violence in the media has existed since the media themselves have existed. Scholarly appro...
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