Identity matters
Subtitle: communication-based explorations and explanations
By: edited by Hartmut B. Mokros
Contributors: Mokros, Hartmut B., 1949-
Series: Interpersonal communication
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects; Interpersonal communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: A constitutive approach to identity. Engagements with communication products. Sign matters: the shift in semantic landscapes of the sign "generation x" through time; title: Culture matters: cultural multiplicity and local identity in Japanese advertising; title: Design matters: projections of identity in library environments. Engagements in mediated settings. Support matters: a study of identity in an online cancer support group; title: Play matters: playing with identity in the MUD. Engagements in face-to-face settings. Age matters: encounters between adolescents and staff within one school library; title: Gender matters: travails in becoming a dancer; title: Authority matters: an examination of a chair's participation in a group decision-making meeting; title: Other matters: the achievement of identity through otherness