| The Communication Theory Reader Contributor(s): Cobley, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415147174 ISBN-13: 9780415147170 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: "The Communication Theory Reader" provides a clear introduction to communication studies, presenting the most important work which has shaped the field of communication studies and sampling a range of theories from the disciplines of linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, literary theory, film theory and psychoanalysis. The articles are grouped in subject sections, with an editor's introduction, and indications of further reading together with a glossary and a comprehensive bibliography. Contributors: Ien Ang, J.L. Austin, Roland Barthes, Emile Benveniste, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Nick Browne, Steven Cohan, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Stanley Fish, M.A.K. Halliday, Stephen Heath, Wolfgang Iser, Roman Jakobson, Gunther Kress, Jacques Lacan, Alan Luke, Theo van Leeuwen, Jerry Palmer, Charles Sanders Peirce, Janice A. Radway, Ferdinand de Saussure, John Searle, Linda M. Shires, Brian Torode, V.N. Volosinov, Judith Williamson |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.201 |
| LCCN: 96017464 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 518 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of readings is designed to provide easy access to Communication Theory. Many of the essays in the Reader have previously been difficult to obtain and many have appeared in contexts where their relevance for communications, media and cultural studies was not immediately apparent. The Reader presents the most important work which has shaped the field as it stands today. The articles are grouped in subject sections, with an editor's introduction, indications of further reading together with a glossary and comprehensive bibliography. |