Communication Research and Media Science in Europe : : Perspectives for Research and Academic Training in Europe's Changing Media Reality / / ed. by Angela Schorr, William Campbell, Michael Schenk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Bonfadelli, Heinz,; Brettschneider, Frank,; Bubas, Goran,; Campbell, William,; Cornelissen, Joep,; Davey, Kate Mackenzie,; Daymon, Christine,; Dickson, David,; Döbler, Thomas,; Falkowski, Andrzej,; Frenette, Micheline,; Gillen, Julia,; Goddard, Angela,; Hammond, Scott C.,; Hargie, Owen,; Harris, Phil,; Haux, Torsten,; Kerlen, Dietrich,; Lange, Rob de,; Liefhooghe, Andy P. D.,; Moskow, Michal Anne,; Moss, Danny,; Mühlenfeld, Hans-Ullrich,; Nitz, Michael,; Patterson, Lindsey Meân,; Rainey, Seanenne,; Rath, Matthias,; Roe, Keith,; Rompaey, Veerle Van,; Ruler, A. A. van,; Sanders, Matthew L.,; Schenk, Michael,; Schorr, Angela,; Stark, Birgit,; Steinmann, Matthias,; Stipp, Horst,; Usluata, Ayseli,; Weber, René,; Zabaleta, Iñaki,
• HerausgeberIn: Campbell, William,; Schenk, Michael,; Schorr, Angela,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (656 p.)

Never before has the discipline of communication been more exciting, diverse, and innovative than it is today. This volume reflects the current developments in communication research and media science with topics including audience research, internet communication, organizational communication, stud...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Part One: General Perspectives
• 1.1 Communication Research and Media Science in Europe: Research and Academic Training at a Turning Point
• 1.2 Interactivity: The New Media Use Option – State of the Art
• Part Two: The Mass Media in Perspective: Where are They Heading?
• 2.1 New Trends in TV and Radio Research
• 2.2 Acceptance and Diffusion of Digital Television in Germany
• 2.3 Making Money, Making Meaning: The Role of Communication in the Construction of a Television Station Culture
• 2.4 The Publisher: Tutor of the Information Society
• 2.5 Media Assessment: The Future of Media Ethics
• Part Three: New Findings in Media Use and Media Effects Research
• 3.1 Media Effects Research 2002: State of the Art
• 3.2 Lonely Viewers? Families' Organization of Space and the Allocation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Home
• 3.4 Economic Affairs, Media Coverage, and the Public's Perception of the Economy in Germany
• 3.5 Prognosis Methods on Television Viewing Patterns for Target Audiences
• Part Four: Online Communication: Present Status and Future Perspectives
• 4.1 Online Communication: Putting the Knowledge Gap Theory into Perspective
• 4.2 Cyber-TV and The New Interactivity: The GIGA Case
• 4.3 “Is there anybody out there?” Creative Language Play and “Literariness” in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
• 4.4 Ethnography on the Net: Language, Culture, and Communications
• 4.5 Explorations in Students’ Sense-Making of the Internet
• Part Five: European Research on Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
• 5.1 Management of Organizational Communication in The Netherlands: Glass Ceiling and Encroachment
• 5.2 The Advance of Public Relations as a Discipline: Retrospect and Prospect
• 5.3 A Comparative Study of Communicative Skill: Theory and Practice
• 5.4 Voice and Power: A Critical Investigation of Accounts of Bullying in Organizations
• 5.5 The Structure and Agency of Communion Dimension in Interpersonal Communicative Interaction
• Part Six: Perspectives on Children, Gender, and Political Culture in Media Research
• 6.1 Engaged from Birth: Children Under Two Talking on Telephones
• 6.2 Everyday Discursive Practices and The Construction of Gender: A Study at the “Grass Roots”
• 6.3 Images of the First Female Prime Minister of Turkey: An Analysis of Political Cartoons in the Turkish Newspapers
• 6.4 The Forgotten Europe of Small Community Media: The Basque Experience
• 6.5 Working Together, Living Apart: Inter-Group Communication within Organizations in Northern Ireland
• Part Seven: Big Brother is Watching You? Communication Research and Media Development in Europe – Comments from Abroad
• 7.1 Interaction between Online Communication and TV-Viewing: Current Status and Future Perspectives
• 7.2 Can Big Brother and His Siblings Play Together More? The Potential for Transatlantic Work on Media Coverage of Science and the Environment
• 7.3 The Converging Approaches of American and European Dialogue: Combining Pragmatic and Theoretical Ideas in the Resolution of Complex Problems
• Contributors
• Author Index
• Subject Index