Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication e-bog

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, "e;Communication: Sine Qua Non of the Behavioral Sciences"e;; Hubert Frings, "e;Zoology"e;; Alfred G. Smith, "e;Anthropology"e;; Richard W. Budd, "e;General Semantics"e;; Brent D. Ruben, "e;General System Theory"e;; Joseph M.R. Del-gado, "e;Neurophysiology"e;; Herbert Blumer, "e;Symbolic Interaction"e;; and Peter L. Berger, "e;Sociology of Knowledge."e;