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Communication
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Communication
An Introduction



December 1999 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Written as an introduction for beginning students, this book offers a thorough, yet lively, overview of human communication in all its aspects.

Accessibly written and assuming no prior knowledge of the discipline Communication: An Introduction: offers a thorough, yet lively, examination of all aspects of human communication, including: a summary of its nature, form and function; a detailed analysis of all the levels of communication; a description and overview of the different traditions of communication studies; and a consideration of the future of communication - as a phenomenon and as a field of research.

 
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
 
Communication
Elusive Phenomenon, Emergent Discipline

 
 
PART TWO: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
 
Forms and Levels of Communication
Some Elementary Distinctions

 
 
Culture and Society, Media and Communication
 
PART THREE: LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION
 
Individual Communication
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Group Communication

 
 
Organizational Communication
 
Societal Communication, Mass Communication
 
International and Intercultural Communication
 
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION
 
The Future of Communication and Communication Research

Too theoretical and too advanced language for a group of bachelor students from 6 different countries, neither of which are native English speakers. I have used the book as supplemental material while preparing my lectures.

Dr Hilde Fjellvaer
Strategy and Management, Trondheim Okonomisk Hogeskol
March 9, 2015

A really interesting book that looks in to the many aspects of communication; I will be recommending all of my business students to read this book and utilise as a point of reference.

Mr Daniel Russell
Business Management, Organisational Learning Centre
May 7, 2014

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