Communication Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Communication Yearbook 37

   Edited by Elisia Cohen

   Communication Yearbook 37 continues 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...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Health and Medical Public Relations

   By Myc Riggulsford

   Health and Medical Public Relations takes a fresh look at media relations and news values. It examines how information about medical research from the academic, pharmaceutical and charitable sectors is disseminated to target audiences through a variety of PR techniques. Scrutinising a wide range of...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Health and Risk Communication

   An Applied Linguistic Perspective

   By Rodney Jones

   Health and Risk Communication provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied linguistics. It outlines the ways applied linguistics differs from other methods of understanding health and risk communication,...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media

   Edited by Dafna Lemish

   The roles that media play in the lives of children and adolescents, as well as their potential implications for their cognitive, emotional, social and behavioral development, have attracted growing research attention in a variety of disciplines. The Routledge International Handbook of Children,...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia

   Edited by Louise Cummings

   Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a range of theoretical and empirical concerns. The Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia captures the diversity of...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. Media Management and Economics Research in a Transmedia Environment

   Edited by Alan B. Albarran

   Series: Electronic Media Research Series

   This landmark work centers on media management and economics within a diverse, international, historical and constantly changing environment. The chapters herein reflect the current state of research and present directions for future study. Developed at the 2012 Research Symposium in conjunction...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Developmental Course of Romantic Relationships

   By Brian G. Ogolsky, Sally A. Lloyd, Rodney M. Cate

   This multidisciplinary text highlights the development of romantic relationships, from initiation to commitment or demise, by highlighting the historical context, current research and theory, and diversity of patterns. Engagingly written with colorful examples, the authors examine the joy,...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
8. Public Relations and Communication Management

   Current Trends and Emerging Topics

   Edited by Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Ansgar Zerfass, Jeong-Nam Kim

   Public Relations and Communication Management serves as a festschrift honoring the work of public relations scholars James E. Gruning and Larissa A. Grunig. Between them, the Grunigs have published 12 books and more than 330 articles, book chapters, and various academic and professional...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Relationship between Rhetoric and Terrorist Violence

   Edited by Allison Smith

   Studies have demonstrated that choices in the use of language convey information that goes beyond the content of the words themselves. In many cases, how something is said matters as much as what is said. Using techniques collectively referred to as linguistic content analysis, researchers have...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
10. HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China

    Imagined Immunity Through Racialized Disease

    By Johanna Hood

    Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

    Approximately 90% of urban HIV/AIDS education in China occurs indirectly through non-specialist media reports. Many of these reports use images of extreme suffering and poverty to communicate an understanding of who gets HIV, why and how. This book explores an important aspect of how HIV/AIDS is...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge