Human Communication as a Field of Study

Sarah Sanderson King is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Central Connecticut State University.

• Preface Contributors Part I. An Orientation 1. Communication: Roots, Visions, and ProspectsSarah Sanderson King 2. Human Communication as a Field of Behavioral Science: Jack Hilgard and His CommitteeWilbur Schramm 3. The Rhetorical TraditionSamuel L. Becker 4. The Social Scientific Roots of the Mass Communication TraditionVerling C. Troldahl 5. Mass Media: A Bricolage of ParadigmsScott R. Olson Part II. Sampling of Research and Scholarship 6. Communication in Establishing, Maintaining, and Terminating Interpersonal Relationships: A Study of MateshipDonald P. Cushman 7. Intercultural Communication as a Focus of Research: A Programmatic NoteWimal Dissanayake 8. Nonverbal CommunicationRandall P. Harrison 9. Gender CommunicationAnnie L. Cotten-Huston 10. Organizational CommunicationRowland G. Baughman 11. The Role of Communication in High-Technology Organizations: The Emergence of High-Speed ManagementDonald P. Cushman and Sarah Sanderson King 12. Perspectives for Research on Group Embeddedness in OrganizationsLinda L. Pulnam 13. Political Communication: A Generic Rhetorical CriticismDonald P. Cushman and Sarah Sanderson King 14. Telecommunications in an Information SocietyHerbert S. Dordick Part III. Future Directions 15. Communications Study: A Futures PerspectiveFrederick Williams 16. The Breadth of Communication Research and the Parameters of Communication TheoryRobert E. Sanders 17. Communication, Knowledge, and Ethics: A Twentieth Century PerspectiveDonald P. Cushman and Sarah Sanderson King References Index

"I think the idea behind this book is excellent. There is nothing currently available which duplicates it, and it fills a real need." — Gerry Philipsen"The field of communication suffers from a dearth of theoretical discussion. King's book provides a feel for the diversity and evolution of communication as a field of study." — Ted. J. Smith III