Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781351310000
Subjects: Communication; Information
Description: "This volume brings together diverse and divergent essays on communication as viewed by outstanding scholars in various disciplines. The authors review the mainstream of each approach to communication, sketch the dimensions of that concern, and discuss the problems and potential for future progress. Contents: Lee Thayer, "Communication: Sine Qua Non of the Behavioral Sciences"; Hubert Frings, "Zoology"; Alfred G. Smith, "Anthropology"; Richard W. Budd, "General Semantics"; Brent D. Ruben, "General System Theory"; Joseph M.R. Del-gado, "Neurophysiology"; Herbert Blumer, "Symbolic Interaction"; and Peter L. Berger, "Sociology of Knowledge.""--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction; title: chapter 1 Communication: Sine Qua Non of the Behavioral Sciences; title: chapter 2 Zoology; title: chapter 3 Anthropology; title: chapter 4 General Semantics; title: chapter 5 General System Theory; title: chapter 6 Neurophysiology; title: chapter 7 Symbolic Interaction; title: chapter 8 Sociology of Knowledge.