Communication Studies: An Introductory Reader

The selected readings in this guide to communication studies are arranged in sections, containing an overview of the area, an introduction to the material included and suggestions for further reading. Updated and expanded to include 11 new items, the reader now features the most recent approaches to communication analysis - for example, work on the defining characteristics of modernity, and on the rhetorical analysis of political speech - combined with "classic" pieces from pioneer research.