2009 - Rethinking Communication: Keywords in Communication Research
To observe that certain words are central to communication research is to prompt interesting questions about their influence. In taking such key words – or keywords – as its organizing theme, this book invites a careful reconsideration of several premises underpinning the vocabulary we use to document, describe and critique the world around us.
Under close scrutiny here is a selection of keywords – including “aesthetics,” “authenticity”, “citizenship,” “city,” “communication,” “difference,” “discourse,” “effects,” “framing,” “identity,” “message,” “public sphere,” “technology” and “urban,” amongst others – crisscrossing the terrain of the field in a manner that is subtly complex and consistently intriguing.
Each of the book’s contributors makes the case for an enhanced awareness of the ways in which words shape the nature of our inquiries. Their shared aim is to illuminate unexpected contours of our otherwise familiar terms in order to encourage fresh perspectives, and thereby reinvigorate current thinking. Words matter, these contributors show us, and sometimes for reasons that prove to be rather surprising.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Barbie Zelizer
Introduction: The Importance of Keywords
Stuart Allan
I Keywords in Motion
Communication
Communication as a Cultural Category
Tamar Katriel
Communication and Intercultural/Intergroup Relationships
Cindy Gallois
Communication and Globalization
James Curran
Communication: An African Perspective
Winston Mano
The Message
The Political Message: A History of Public Discourse in Three Short Chapters
W. Lance Bennett
The Redemption of Media Messages
Daniel Dayan
Public Sphere
Redefining Public Spheres
Michael X. Delli Carpini
A Family of Public Spheres
Michael Schudson
The City
City Dreams
William Ayers
Public Spaces
Don Mitchell
Cities: A Frontline Space for Major Threats
Saskia Sassen
II Exploring New Agendas
Aesthetic Experience in the Digital Era
Mark B. Andrejevic
Authenticity and Strategic Communication Research
Juan-Carolos Molleda
Evolving Citizenship: "The Right to Protest and the Right to Dance"
John Hartley
Diversity, Inc.: The Politics of Difference in Academic and State-Managerial Discourses
Vincent Doyle
Discourse and Mediation
Lilie Chouliaraki
Beyond Effects: Conceptualizing Communication as Dynamic, Complex, Nonlinear, and Fundamental
Annie Lang and David Ewoldsen
Frames in Political Communication: Toward Clarification of a Research Program
Jörg Matthes
Renegotiating Identity in the Field of Communication
Cerise L. Glenn and Ronald L. Jackson II
Technology as Place
Marko M. Skoric, Stanley Tang Wei Hong, Youqing Liao, and Nathaniel D. Poor
The Use of Urban Keywords to Revisit, Renew, and Revive Research Roots of Communication
Gene Burd
2008 - Communicating for Social Impact: Engaging Theory, Research and Pedagogy
This edited collection provides a forum for cmmunication scholars whose efforts are directed toward social change. Originating from theme sessions at the 2008 convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), this volume engages communication theory to enlarge communication practices. Chapters address perennial issues of interest to communication scholars as experiences in contemporary terrains: How can scholarship weave its way more fully into the lives of people residing outside of the academy? What counts as social impact? What are the epistemological and ontological debates that play out in the realm of communication scholarship that seeks to redress lived inequities? What ethical demands accompany scholarship and activism in international landscapes characterized by globalization, neo-colonialism, and rapid technological shifts?
Each chapter makes a distinctive contribution to communication theory and practice. Collectively, contributors’ work reveals the eclectic nature of theoretical and methodological work pursued by communication scholars and practitioners, and focuses on meaning-making as it evolves, changes, adapts, and is sustained in conversation, mediated communication, distributed organizing, and other venues. This collection seeks to foster edifying dialogue about social injustices, and move people to meaningful reflection and action.
2007 - Participation and Media Reduction: Critical Reflections on Content Creation, is now available from Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd (http://www.c-s-p.org/). ICA Conference attendees are offered a 25% discount on this title.
ICA annually publishes a selection of papers from the annual conference theme sessions in a short edited book of approximately six chapters. These chapters are written in an engaging style in order to attract members of other disciplines to this series. As such, these collections are not conference proceedings but are a unique set of essays that capture the insights and agendas of our top scholars. The series begins with the 2007 ICA conference in San Francisco.
The edited volumes comprise a collection that provides both breadth and depth on cutting-edge scholarship discussed during the theme session panels. The chapters represent the scholarship presented in the theme sessions as a whole. Some papers come from panels; others have individual sections by individual panelists, organized around the panel theme.
In light of ICA's interest in reaching out to other countries, disciplines, practitioners and the public, this Theme Session series is not restricted to the traditional academic paper format. Authors may use powerpoints and discussion points as outlines for these chapters; indeed, we hope that chapters will be organized and written in a more accessible format than the traditional academic chapter. Authors are requested to provide a draft of their manuscript at the time of the conference.
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