*Paul Cobley, Peter J. Schulz (Eds.) * THEORIES AND MODELS OF COMMUNICATION Volume 1 of *Peter J. Schulz, Paul Cobley (Eds.) * HANDBOOKS OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE This unique volume offers an overview of the diversity of perspectives on communication: including analyses in terms of biology, sociality, economics, norms and human development. It includes general social science approaches to communication, such as those found in systems theory and cultural theory, as well as perspectives more specifically related to communication acts, such as linguistics and cognition. The volume also features chapters which focus specifically on approaches to what are generally seen as the five crucial elements of the communication process: communicator, message, receiver, channel, effects. The scope of the contributions is global, and the volume is relevant to both the empirical and the philosophical traditions in social science. Designed as a stand-alone collection to engage undergraduates as well as postgraduates and academics, this is also the first book in, and an introduction to, the de Gruyter Mouton multi-volume *Handbooks of Communication Science*. http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/44608 *Contents* Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series v Paul Cobley and Peter J. Schulz * Introduction * William F. Eadie and Robin Goret *Theories and models of communication: foundations and heritage * I *Theories and models* Robert T. Craig * Constructing theories in communication research * Richard L. Lanigan * Information theories * Dirk Baecker * Systemic theories of communication * Philip Lieberman * Biological and neurological bases of communication * Gabriele Siegert and Bjørn von Rimscha * Economic bases of communication * Cees J. Hamelink * Normative bases for communication * Christopher Tindale * Models of communicative efficiency * John O. Greene and Elizabeth Dorrance Hall * Cognitive theories of communication * Jonathan T. Delafield-Butt and Colwyn Trevarthen * Theories of the development of human communication * Paul Cobley *Semiotic models of communication * * * Tim Wharton * Linguistic action theories of communication * Adrian Bangerter and Eric Mayor * Interactional theories of communication * * * Lijiang Shen * Communication as persuasion * * * Patricia Moy and Brandon J. Bosch * Theories of public opinion * * * David Crowley * Mediation theory * Kim Christian Schrøder * Socio-cultural models of communication * II *Components of communication* Charles C. Self * Who * Dale Hample * What * * * Pamela J. Shoemaker, Jaime Riccio and Philip R. Johnson * Whom * Davide Bolchini and Amy Shirong Lu *Channel * Mary Beth Oliver, Julia K. Woolley and Anthony M. Limperos * Effects * * * *Biographical sketches* * * *Index* -- Dr. Paul Cobley Professor of Semiotics and Communications London Metropolitan University 166-220 Holloway Road LONDON N7 8DB UK Tel. +44 (0)2071335040 Web page: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/londonmet/depts/fssh/staff/paul-cobley/paul-cobley_home.cfm Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------