Member News and Updates
This article includes new postings with the latest ICA member news, as well as updates on outside conferences and publications. All ICA members are encouraged to submit their latest professional news for inclusion in the Newsletter by emailing jle@icahdq.org.
Announcing the publication of Researching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis by Jimmie Manning, Department of Communication at Northern Illinois U and Adrianne Kunkel, Department of Communication Studies at the U of Kansas and published by Sage. This accessible book explores and demonstrates methodological tools used to guide qualitative relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication.
Researching Interpersonal Relationships introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches for qualitative inquiry and analysis, including opening chapters with accessible overviews of interpretive theory and research design. Additional chapters feature a detailed overview of a specific method and analytical tool and are illustrated by original research studies from leading scholars in the field, each in a different interpersonal context. Post-study interviews with the researchers are also provided to allow new and experienced researchers a better understanding of how qualitative research approaches can expand and solidify understandings of personal relationships.
This scholarly book is the first of its kind written especially for relationships researchers on qualitative research, and it makes a welcome addition to advanced undergraduate and graduate student classrooms as well as any serious qualitative relationship researcher's bookshelf. For more information visit http://www.sagepub.com.
Theorizing Crisis Communication By Timothy L. Sellnow and Matthew W. Seeger
Offering a comprehensive review and critique of the broad range of theoretical frameworks designed to explain the role of communication, this book provides an essential tool for understanding the onset, management, response, resolution, and ultimate meaning of natural and man-made crises.
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New FDA/NIH-funded program combines expertise from four Penn schools and centers; will explore communication about tobacco in the digital age, inform FDA regulatory activities. ICA Fellows Robert Hornik and Joseph Cappella are involved in this program. Read more about it here.