Communication Yearbook

by Roloff, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9780761914280
• ISBN10: 0761914285
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

This volume of the Communication Yearbook continues in the series' tradition of publishing state-of-the-art literature reviews, as experts in the field offer critical overviews of specific areas of research, and provide invaluable insights into the ideas, findings and challenges facing academics in communication and media studies today. The topics of the 11 reviews range from interpersonal influence to media practices and effects. Employing narratives, historical accounts and meta-analytic techniques, the authors address timely and critical issues, including: organizational democracy and change; intercultural negotiation; journalism and broadcasting practices; the management of crisis; and the relationship between the media and the presidency. This volume reflects the rich diversity of the field of communication both in terms of content areas and methods and serves as an important sourcebook, offering up-to-date summaries of substantive topics in communication.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	x
Michael E. Roloff
1. The Door-in-the-Face Influence Strategy: A Random-Effects Meta-Analytic Review	1	(34)
Daniel J. O'Keefe
Scott L. Hale
2. Democracy, Participation, and Communication at Work: A Multidisciplinary Review	35	(58)
George Cheney
Joseph Straub
Laura Speirs-Glebe
Cynthia Stohl
Dan DeGooyer, Jr.
Susan Whalen
Kathy Garvin-Doxas
David Carlone
3. Reconceptualizing Organizational Change Implementation as a Communication Problem: A Review of Literature and Research Agenda	93	(60)
Laurie K. Lewis
David R. Seibold
4. The Business of Business Negotiation: Intercultural Perspectives	153	(38)
Deborah A. Cai
Laura E. Drake
5. Constructing a Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Public Relations Programs and Activities	191	(40)
Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
6. Communication, Organization, and Crisis	231	(46)
Matthew W. Seeger
Timothy L. Sellnow
Robert R. Ulmer
7. Old Wine in a New Bottle: Public Journalism, Developmental Journalism, and Social Responsibility	277	(46)
Shelton A. Gunaratne
8. Programming Theory Under Stress: The Active Industry and the Active Audience	323	(56)
Susan Tyler Eastman
9. Quick Communicators: Editorial Cartoonists in Communication Overdrive	379	(26)
W. Bradford Mello
10. The Rhetorical Presidency: Deepening Vision, Widening Exchange	405	(38)
Mary E. Stuckey
Frederick J. Antczak
11. Attention, Resource Allocation, and Communication Research: What Do Secondary Task Reaction Times Measure, Anyway?	443	(32)
Annie Lang
Michael D. Basil
Author Index	475	(20)
Subject Index	495	(8)
About the Editor	503	(2)
About the Authors	505