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Communication: A Critical/Cultural Introduction
The third edition of A Critical/Cultural Introduction provides a comprehensive, yet focused, overview of communication theory, interpersonal communication, and public communication and culture through the lens of contemporary critical theory. The text shows how we produce our world through communication, challenging us to explore power, ideology, and diversity through daily interactions, both public and private.
The book begins with explanations of how communication relates to culture and power, how to distinguish between representative and constitutive communication, and how to build a message for an audience with an emphasis on social advocacy. Later chapters explore the responsibilities of speakers and listeners, alliance-building, the application of communication theory in the study of identity and perception, the relationship between language and culture, nonverbal communication, and more. The text closes with a discussion of communication as a means of social action, encouraging readers to use communication as a foundation for the advancement of issues that matter most to them. Dr. Deanna L. Fassett is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at San José State University. She is the author of Critical Communication Pedagogy and Coordinating the Communication A Guidebook (both with John T. Warren). Her published research has appeared in an array of communication studies journals, including Basic Communication Course Annual , Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies , Communication Education , A Journal of Performance Studies , and Text and Performance Quarterly . Dr. Keith Nainby is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus. His publications include book chapters in The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction and The Invisibility Administrators and Faculty Reach Out to First-Generation College Students , as well as journal articles in A Journal of Performance Studies , Language and Intercultural Communication , and Educational Foundations . Dr. John T. Warren was a professor of communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power , Casting Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts , Critical Communication Pedagogy , and Coordinating the Communication A Guidebook . He authored articles for several education and communication studies journals, including Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies , Communication Education , Educational Theory , and Text and Performance Quarterly .
The book begins with explanations of how communication relates to culture and power, how to distinguish between representative and constitutive communication, and how to build a message for an audience with an emphasis on social advocacy. Later chapters explore the responsibilities of speakers and listeners, alliance-building, the application of communication theory in the study of identity and perception, the relationship between language and culture, nonverbal communication, and more. The text closes with a discussion of communication as a means of social action, encouraging readers to use communication as a foundation for the advancement of issues that matter most to them. Dr. Deanna L. Fassett is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at San José State University. She is the author of Critical Communication Pedagogy and Coordinating the Communication A Guidebook (both with John T. Warren). Her published research has appeared in an array of communication studies journals, including Basic Communication Course Annual , Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies , Communication Education , A Journal of Performance Studies , and Text and Performance Quarterly . Dr. Keith Nainby is a professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Stanislaus. His publications include book chapters in The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction and The Invisibility Administrators and Faculty Reach Out to First-Generation College Students , as well as journal articles in A Journal of Performance Studies , Language and Intercultural Communication , and Educational Foundations . Dr. John T. Warren was a professor of communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power , Casting Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts , Critical Communication Pedagogy , and Coordinating the Communication A Guidebook . He authored articles for several education and communication studies journals, including Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies , Communication Education , Educational Theory , and Text and Performance Quarterly .
318 pages, Paperback
Published February 13, 2018
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March 10, 2023
worst textbook i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading :))
October 22, 2024
Too much extra information, each paragraph is outrageously long-winded. The authors are clearly three social justice warriors out to teach the world to not be offensive. I've used a lot of textbooks and this one takes the cake for the worst, I'm not sure how it got published. I am seriously questioning my university choice for using this as the textbook for the class.
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