Handbook of communication science

PART ONE: OVERVIEWS The Study of Communication as a Science - Charles R Berger and Steven H Chaffee Communication Research - Jesse G Delia A History What Communication Scientists Do - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger Beyond Science - Thomas B Farrell Humanities Contributions to Communication Theory PART TWO: LEVELS OF ANALYSIS Levels of Analysis - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger An Introduction The Individual's Place in Communication Science - Dean E Hewes and Sally Planalp Interpersonal Communication - Joseph N Cappella Definitions and Fundamental Questions The Network Level of Analysis - Peter R Monge The Macrosocial Level of Communication Science - Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler PART THREE: FUNCTIONS Functions of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger An Introduction Functions of Communication - Denis McQuail A Non-functionalist Overview Language, Social Comparison, and Power - Howard Giles and John M Wiemann Nonverbal Signals - Mark L Knapp, Michael J Cody and Kathaleen Kelley Reardon Socializing Functions - Garrett O'Keefe and Kathleen Reid-Nash Persuasian - Gerald R Miller Communication and Conflict - Michael E Roloff PART FOUR: CONTEXTS Contexts of Communication - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger An Introduction Family Process - Arthur P Bochner and Eric M Eisenberg System Perspectives Marital Interaction - Mary Anne Fitzpatrick Communication and Children - Ellen Wartella and Byron Reeves Consumer Behavior - Scott Ward The Health Care Context - Loyd Pettegrew and Robert Logan Organizational Assimilation - Frederic M Jablin and Kathleen J Krone Professional Mass Communicators - James S Ettema, D Charles Whitney with Daniel B Wackman Public Opinion Processes - Vincent Price and Donald F Roberts Communication Campaigns - Everett M Rogers and J Douglas Storey Cross-Cultural Comparisons - William B Gudykunst PART FIVE: CONCLUSION Epilogue - Steven H Chaffee and Charles R Berger