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Schramm, Wilbur
Emile McAnany
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2017-11-29
Wilbur SchrammIntroductionThe name of Wilbur Schramm, an American researcher in the 20th century (b. 1907–d. 1987), is often connected with the creati...
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
SemioticsIntroductionSemiotics is the discipline studying the meanings, uses, and functions of signs and sign systems—a “sign” being defined as anythi...
Sense-Making/Sensemaking
Christine Urquhart, Louisa Mei Chun Lam, Bonnie Cheuk, Brenda L. Dervin
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Sense-Making/SensemakingIntroductionSense-making/sensemaking are terms commonly understood as the processes through which people interpret and give me...
Sesame Street
Silvia Lovato, Alexis Lauricella, Ellen Wartella
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Sesame StreetIntroductionWhen it premiered in November 1969 with its diverse cast of humans and furry monsters, Sesame Street was an experiment. Sesam...
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 Capital
Hernando Rojas, Matthew Barnidge
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Social Capital Introduction Social groups must act collectively to address a range of communal problems. In societies, as in interpersonal rel...
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 Construction
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Social ConstructionIntroductionBriefly, social construction (SC) assumes that people construct (i.e., create, make, invent) their understandings of th...
Social Identity Theory and Communication
Charles M. Rowling
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Social Identity Theory and CommunicationIntroductionIn the 1970s, scholars in social psychology began exploring the process by which individuals attac...
Social Interaction
Valerie Manusov
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Social InteractionIntroductionThe study of social interaction involves the careful assessment of the practices of everyday communicating between peopl...
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 J. 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
Luis Loya, Doug McLeod
Subject: Communication »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Social ProtestIntroductionSocial protest is a form of political expression that seeks to bring about social or political change by influencing the kno...
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...
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