Communication Yearbook 30

by Beck; Christina S.

• ISBN13: 9780805860153
• ISBN10: 0805860150
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Communication Yearbook 30continues the tradition of publishing rich, state-of-the-discipline literature reviews. This volume offers insightful descriptions of research as well as reflections on the implications of those findings for other areas of the discipline. Editor Christina S. Beck presents a diverse, international selection of articles that highlight empirical and theoretical intersections in the communication discipline. Chapters in this volume include reviews of literature on gain-framed and loss-framed messages, conversational topic, organizational rhetoric, work-life research, collaboration, bullying, forgiveness, language revitalization, Latina/o representation in the media, and television viewing patterns of older adults. This volume will be valuable to scholars across the communication discipline.Communication Yearbook 30will be particularly beneficial to scholars in the areas of interpersonal, health, organizational, family, and intercultural communication; language and social interaction, and media studies.

Author Biography

Dr. Christina S. Beck (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1992) is Professor at Ohio University in the School of Communication Studies. She is the author of two award-winning books on health communication—Communicating for Better Health (2001) and Partnership for Health (with Sandra Ragan and Athena duPre) (1997), as well as a co-editor of two other books. She has also authored or co-authored numerous journals articles and book chapters, primarily in the areas of health communication and mass communication. In addition to serving as editor of Communication Yearbook, she also contributes as book review editor for Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives.

Table of Contents

Editor's

Introduction

The Advantages of Compliance or the Disadvantages of Noncompliance?

A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relative Persuasive Effectiveness of Gain-Framed and Loss-Framed Messages

Conversational Topic Along a Continuum of Perspectives: Conceptual Issues

Blurring the Boundaries: Historical Developments and Future Directions in Organizational Rhetoric

Work-Life Research From Both Sides Now: An Integrative Perspective for Organizational and Family Communication

Collaborative Interaction: Review of Communication Scholarship and a Research Agenda. M. Pörhölä

Bullying at School and in the Workplace: A Challenge for Communication Research

Forgiveness: Communicative Implications for Social Relationships

From the Roots to the Shoots: A Hawaiian Case Study of Language Revitalization and Modes of Communication

The Latina/o Problematic: Categories and Questions in Media Communication Research

Older Adults' Television Viewing

From a Life-Span Perspective: Past Research and Future Challenges

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.