Bridging Gaps in Global Comm
Autor Newsomen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 oct 2006
- Addresses an important subject that few other books do: how to communicate in the global media marketplace at both the interpersonal and public level
- Explores mass modes of communication including advertising, public relations, the Internet, news, and magazines
- Rich with real life examples, chosen to appeal to students
- Draws on the author's experiences teaching media and public relations across Asia, Africa, and Europe
- Examines the factors that are influencing cross-cultural communication, bringing together practical, philosophical, and theoretical approaches to various types of interaction.
Bridging the Gaps in Global Communication is accompanied by an instructor's manual, available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/newsom.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405144117
ISBN-10: 1405144114
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405144114
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
second and third year undergraduates and above studying communication studies, mass communication, and related subjectsNotă biografică
Dr. Doug Newsom teaches at Texas Christian University, is a public relations practitioner and has served on the board of a publicly-held company since 1982. She is the senior co-author of Public Relations Writing: Form and Style (with the late Bob Carrell and now Jim Haynes, 2004), This Is PR (with Judy VanSlyke Turk and Dean Kruckeberg, 1999), and Media Writing (with the late James Wollert, 1988).
Cuprins
Preface. List of Figures.
Part I: Global Sources and Systems of Communication: Concepts, Economics, and Politics.
1. Organization of Information .
1.1. Sources of Information.
1.1.1. Interpersonal channels.
1.1.2. Extrapersonal relationships, usually public ones.
1.2. Systems of Communication.
1.2.1. Mass communication.
1.2.2. Organizational: profit and nonprofit.
1.3. Summary.
2. Concepts.
2.1. Information for Individual Decision Making.
2.2. Information for Communal Decision Making.
2.3. Thinking Differently and Avoiding Assumptions.
2.4. Summary.
3. Politics.
3.1. Government Structure.
3.2. Institutional Freedoms.
3.3. Individual Freedoms.
3.4. Summary.
4. Economics .
4.1. Commercially Based Economies (Competitive).
4.2. Government-based Economies (Supportive).
4.3. Summary.
Recap for Part I, Global Sources and Systems of Communication: Concepts, Economics, and Politics.
Part II: The Cultural Context in which Information Is Received, Interpreted, and Understood.
5. Nonverbal Interaction: Action, Sound, and Silence.
5.1. Music.
5.2. Dress.
5.3. Food.
5.4. Expressions.
5.5. Summary.
6. Theories of Signs and Language.
6.1. Signs.
6.1.1. Gestures.
6.1.2. Public information signs.
6.1.3. Symbols.
6.1.4. Logos.
6.1.5. Advertising.
6.2. Signs as Persuasive Images.
6.3. Language.
6.3.1. Semantics.
6.3.2. Syntactics.
6.3.3. Pragramatics.
6.4. Summary.
7. Theories of Symbolic Interaction, Structuration, and Convergence.
7.1. Application.
7.2. Limitation.
7.3. Summary.
8. Theories of Discourse.
8.1. Agenda Setting on a Global Level.
8.2. Speech-act Theory.
8.3. Summary.
9. Frames of Reference.
9.1. Attachment of Meanings.
9.2. Experiences.
9.3. Living in Two (or More) Cultures.
9.4. Summary.
10. Ethical Issues.
10.1. Sensitivities.
10.2. Interpretations.
10.3. Summary.
11. Legal Issues.
11.1. Government.
11.2. Religion.
11.3. Summary.
12. The Roles of Advertising and Public Relations .
12.1. Advertising.
12.1.1. Illustrations.
12.1.2. Product information.
12.2. Public Relations.
12.2.1. Policies.
12.2.2. Practices.
12.3. Summary.
13. Miscommunication and Consequences.
13.1. Mass Communication/Editorial Content.
13.2. Commercial/Promotional Content.
13.3. Summary.
14. Developing a Worldview.
14.1. Personally.
14.2. Professionally.
14.3. Summary
Part I: Global Sources and Systems of Communication: Concepts, Economics, and Politics.
1. Organization of Information .
1.1. Sources of Information.
1.1.1. Interpersonal channels.
1.1.2. Extrapersonal relationships, usually public ones.
1.2. Systems of Communication.
1.2.1. Mass communication.
1.2.2. Organizational: profit and nonprofit.
1.3. Summary.
2. Concepts.
2.1. Information for Individual Decision Making.
2.2. Information for Communal Decision Making.
2.3. Thinking Differently and Avoiding Assumptions.
2.4. Summary.
3. Politics.
3.1. Government Structure.
3.2. Institutional Freedoms.
3.3. Individual Freedoms.
3.4. Summary.
4. Economics .
4.1. Commercially Based Economies (Competitive).
4.2. Government-based Economies (Supportive).
4.3. Summary.
Recap for Part I, Global Sources and Systems of Communication: Concepts, Economics, and Politics.
Part II: The Cultural Context in which Information Is Received, Interpreted, and Understood.
5. Nonverbal Interaction: Action, Sound, and Silence.
5.1. Music.
5.2. Dress.
5.3. Food.
5.4. Expressions.
5.5. Summary.
6. Theories of Signs and Language.
6.1. Signs.
6.1.1. Gestures.
6.1.2. Public information signs.
6.1.3. Symbols.
6.1.4. Logos.
6.1.5. Advertising.
6.2. Signs as Persuasive Images.
6.3. Language.
6.3.1. Semantics.
6.3.2. Syntactics.
6.3.3. Pragramatics.
6.4. Summary.
7. Theories of Symbolic Interaction, Structuration, and Convergence.
7.1. Application.
7.2. Limitation.
7.3. Summary.
8. Theories of Discourse.
8.1. Agenda Setting on a Global Level.
8.2. Speech-act Theory.
8.3. Summary.
9. Frames of Reference.
9.1. Attachment of Meanings.
9.2. Experiences.
9.3. Living in Two (or More) Cultures.
9.4. Summary.
10. Ethical Issues.
10.1. Sensitivities.
10.2. Interpretations.
10.3. Summary.
11. Legal Issues.
11.1. Government.
11.2. Religion.
11.3. Summary.
12. The Roles of Advertising and Public Relations .
12.1. Advertising.
12.1.1. Illustrations.
12.1.2. Product information.
12.2. Public Relations.
12.2.1. Policies.
12.2.2. Practices.
12.3. Summary.
13. Miscommunication and Consequences.
13.1. Mass Communication/Editorial Content.
13.2. Commercial/Promotional Content.
13.3. Summary.
14. Developing a Worldview.
14.1. Personally.
14.2. Professionally.
14.3. Summary
Descriere
This major textbook for a growing area of study provides the reader with the framework necessary for understanding the implications of communication in the global media marketplace. Using practical examples, Newsom offers students and media professionals an indispensable guide to mastering the art of international and intercultural communication.