Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research

by Frey; Lawrence R.

• ISBN13: 9780805849837
• ISBN10: 0805849831
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Providing a comprehensive examination of applied communication research - including its foundations, research methods employed, significant issues confronted, important contexts in which such research has been conducted, and overviews of some exemplary programs of applied communication research - this book demonstrates the breadth of applied communication scholarship and sets agendas for future scholarship.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
Editors	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxix
Foundations of Applied Communication Research	p. 1
The Development of Applied Communication Research	p. 3
Across Applied Divides: Great Debates of Applied Communication Scholarship	p. 26
Practical Theory in Applied Communication Scholarship	p. 55
Methods of Applied Communication Research	p. 79
Using Quantitative Methods to Conduct Applied Communication Research	p. 81
Rhetorical Methods of Applied Communication Scholarship	p. 106
Ethnography in Applied Communication Research	p. 129
Discourse Analysis: The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing and Analyzing Talk	p. 153
Issues in Applied Communication Research	p. 179
Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research: Taking a Feminist Turn	p. 181
Race as Political Identity: Problematic Issues for Applied Communication Research	p. 203
Technology in/as Applied Communication Research	p. 233
Managing a World of Problems: The Implications of Globalization for Applied Communication Research	p. 257
Applied Communication Ethics: A Summary and Critique of the Research Literature	p. 280
Contexts of Applied Communication Research	p. 307
Family as Agency of Potential: Toward a Positive Ontology of Applied Family Communication Theory and Research	p. 309
Organizational Communication and Applied Communication Research: Parallels, Intersections, Integration, and Engagement	p. 331
In the Public Interest: Communication in Nonprofit Organizations	p. 335
Health Communication as Applied Communication Inquiry	p. 380
Communication in the Helping Professions	p. 405
Aging and Applied Communication Research	p. 429
Applied Political Communication Research	p. 453
Applied Communication Research in Educational Contexts	p. 481
Communication for Participatory Development: Dialogue, Action, and Change	p. 506
Exemplary Programs of Applied Communication Research	p. 533
Drug Resistance Strategies Project: Using Narrative Theory to Enhance Adolescents' Communication Competence	p. 535
Applied Research on Group Decision Support Systems: The Minnesota GDSS Project	p. 558
Fear Appeals and Public Health: Managing Fear and Creating Hope	p. 584
The Multiple Faces of the Public Dialogue Consortium: Scholars, Practitioners, and Dreamers of Better Social Worlds	p. 611
Author Index	p. 633
Subject Index	p. 657
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