Communication at A Distance : The Influence of Print on Sociocultural Organization and Change
David S. Kaufer
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (485 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Communication at aDistance; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Approaches to Communication Research; Part I: Theory; 2. Written Content as Emergent Phenomena; 3. Contexts Sustaining Print Transactions; 4. Communicative Transactions and Their Ecology; 5. The Role of Language in the Communicative Transaction; 6. The Dynamics of the Communicative Transaction; Part II: Applications; 7. Print; 8. Professions; 9. Academia; 10. Migration and Authority; Afterword; Appendix A: Simulation Data for Print (Chapter 7); Appendix B: Simulation Data for Professions (Chapter 8). - Appendix C: Simulation Data for Academia (Chapter 9)References; Author Index; Subject Index. - This book bridges an important gap between two major approaches to mass communication -- historical and social scientific. To do so, it employs a theory of communication that unifies social, cultural and technological concerns into a systematic and formal framework that is then used to examine the impact of print within the larger socio-cultural context and across multiple historical contexts. The authors integrate historical studies and more abstract formal representations, achieving a set of logically coherent and well-delimited hypotheses that invite further exploration, both historically a
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| ISBN | 0805812385. - 0805812733
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