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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454889203321

Titolo

Distinctive qualities in communication research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Donal Carbaugh and Patrice M. Buzzanell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-22101-4

1-282-23423-4

9786612234231

0-203-87416-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarbaughDonal A

BuzzanellPatrice M

Disciplina

302.207/2

302.2072

Soggetti

Communication - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Robert Craig -- What is distinctive in communication research? / Patrice Buzzanell and Donal Carbaugh -- A dialogic approach to interpersonal/family communication / Leslie A. Baxter -- Politically attentive relational constructionism (PARC) : making a difference in a pluralistic, interdependent world / Stanley Deetz -- The promise of communication in large-scale, community-based research / Michael Hecht -- The importance of communication science in addressing core problems in public health / Joseph N. Cappella and Robert Hornik -- Researching culture in contexts of social interaction : an ethnographic approach, a network of scholars, and illustrative moves / Gerry Philipsen -- Reflections on distinctive qualities in communication research / Donal Carbaugh and Patrice Buzzanell.

Sommario/riassunto

This timely volume provides an in-depth look at why the field of communication is so central in initiatives for social impact around the world. In Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research, editors Donal Carbaugh and Patrice M. Buzzanell bring together scholars with varied and productive approaches to communication to address the



question of what distinguishes communication research from similar studies in other disciplines. Each contributor responds to the question: ""What makes your research communication research? How doe