Comparatively Speaking Communication and Culture Across Space and Time [Paperback]

This book provides an authoritative state-of-the-art review of comparative approaches to communication research in the context of time and location. Perspectives unique to mass, interpersonal, political, cultural and organizational communication are explored, while descriptions of well-known empirical projects reveal how collaborations worked and how problems were addressed across different periods and cultures.

Comparatively Speaking serves both as a student text and as a stimulus to further research in comparative communication research.This book provides an authoritative state-of-the-art review of comparative approaches to communication research in the context of time and location. Perspectives unique to mass, interpersonal, political, cultural and organizational communication are explored, while descriptions of well-known empirical projects reveal how collaborations worked and how problems were addressed across different periods and cultures.

Comparatively Speaking serves both as a student text and as a stimulus to further research in comparative communication research.PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENT APPROACHES
An Introduction to Comparative Communication Research - Jay G Blumler, Jack M McLeod and Karl Erik Rosengren
Managing Theoretical Diversity in Cross-National Studies of Political Communication - David L Swanson
Comparison, Yes, But -- the Case of Technological and Cultural Change - James R Beniger
PART TWO: EXEMPLARS
Applying a Comparative Approach to Expectancy Violations Theory - Judee K Burgoon
The Dynamics of Cable Television in the United States, Britain and France - William H Dutton and Thierry Vedel
Mothers and Lovers - Tamar Liebes and Sonia M Livingstone
Managing Women's Role Conflicts in American and British Soap Operas
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