Communication as Culture

An Introduction to the Communication Process
Fourth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-7924-9367-6
Verlag: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback

Far from being a context in which communication occurs, culture is the very basis of communication.Communication as Culture explains that whether people talk with family members or someone from another country, they are never anything more or less than enculturated people who abide by the limits of their language, values and ideals. People talk about certain things and view others in certain ways. Everything a person does and says reinforces or shows opposition to culture.This means that, rather than being the source, the self is the product and manifestation of all things cultural. The purpose of this textbook, then, is to offer an alternative approach to the study of human communication.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface and Acknowledgments 
- About the Authors 
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Communication as Culture
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- The Electronic Communication Revolution
- Purpose of the Text
- Culture Defined
- The Study of Culture
- Ethnomethodology
- Reading: A Conception of and Experiments with "Trust" as a Condition of Concerted Stable Actions by Harold Garfinkel
- Summary 
- Chapter 2 Definition of Communication
- Learning Objectives
- Poem: Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe 
- Introduction
- Communication Defined
- A Side Note on Theory
- Theory Defined
- Approaches to Theory Construction
- Metatheories
- Ontology
- Epistemology
- Axiology
- Summary
- Reading: Defining Communication by Donald B. Egolf
- Chapter 3 A Short History of the Study of Communication
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- 450 B.C.E. to the 1900s
- The 1920s to the 1940s
- The 1940s to the 1950s
- A Side Note on Models of Communication
- The 1950s to the 1970s
- The 1970s to the Present
- Organizational/Institutional Communication
- Small Group Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Intrapersonal Communication
- A Side Note on the National Communication Association
- Summary
- Chapter 4 Perception and Reality
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Perception Defined
- Communication and Reality
- Multiple Realities
- The Perceptual Process
- Summary
- Reading: Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellectual Development by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson
- Chapter 5 Non-Verbal Communication
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Communication Channels
- Communication Codes
- Categories of Non-Verbal Communication
- Role of Non-Verbal Communication
- Significance of Non-Verbal Communication
- Relationship between Non-Verbal and Verbal Communication
- Communication Metaphors
- Summary
- Web Link: The Pious Ones by Harvey Arden
- Chapter 6 Verbal Communication
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Language Defined
- Two Types of Meaning
- Language as Human Enterprise
- Language Enables Thought
- Problems of Translation
- Contents Language Evokes Passions and Emotions
- The Semantic Differential
- Language Enables Power
- Who Labels Whom?
- How Do Men and Women Use Words?
- Summary
- Chapter 7 Listening and Empathy
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Listening vs. Hearing
- Three Processes Associated with Listening
- Obstacles to Effective Listening
- Types of Listening
- Empathy
- What Empathy Is Not
- Behaviors Associated with Empathy
- Conclusions
- Summary
- Chapter 8 Communication and the Self
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Communication: A Basic Life Process
- The Johari Window
- Impression Management and Identity Negotiation
- Feeling Management
- Acting Techniques
- The Reality of Our Identity
- Summary
- Reading: Maintaining Institutional Realities by John Heritage
- Sources Cited
- Chapter Exercises
- Test Your Knowledge: Answers
- Index