Communication Yearbook 39 [Hardcover]

Communication Yearbook 39continues the tradition of publishing state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays. Editor Elisia Cohen presents a volume that is highly international and interdisciplinary in scope, with authors and chapters representing the broad global interests of the International Communication Association. The contents include summaries of communication research programs that represent the most innovative work currently. Offering a blend of chapters emphasizing timely disciplinary concerns and enduring theoretical questions, this volume will be valuable to scholars throughout communication studies

Editors Introduction

Elisia L. Cohen

PART I

Advancing Communication Research: Message, Theory, Context, and Method

1. Message Variability and Heterogeneity: A Core Challenge for Communication Research

Michael D. Slater, Jochen Peter, and Patti M. Valkenburg

2. How Do the Places We Live in Impact Our Health? Challenges for and Insights from Communication Research

Matthew D. Matsaganis

3. Extending Relational Dialectics Theory: Exploring New Avenues of Research

Danielle Halliwell

PART II

Communication in a Changing, Ubiquitous Media Environment

4. Media Multitasking: Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Annie Lang and Jasmin Chzran

5. Perspectives on Internet Addiction, Problematic Internet Use, and Deficient Self-Regulation: Contributions of Communication Research

Robert S. Tokunaga

6. Online Social InfluenclS(