CommunicationFirst published in 1985. At a time when much attention is directed to the immense technical power and capacity of new means of communication it is worth reaffirming that the consequences for relationships of social power deserve rather more attention. The nature of communication as a field of study and its relationship to sociology is the subject of this study. |
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Theories of communication | 18 |
Ways of communicating | 60 |
The structure of communication process | 96 |
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activity analysis associated audience member basic behaviour cation cerned channels characteristics communica communication process communication relationship concept concerned culture defined definition degree Denis McQuail differentiation diffusion discussion effects elements environment evidence experience flow formal organisations framework function Glasgow Media Group human implies individual influence information theory instance institutional inter interaction interest interpersonal interpretation involved John Barron kinds language mass communication mass media matter McQuail meaning messages modes of communication munication non-verbal communication norms orientation paralanguage participants particular patterns person perspective phenomenology political process of communication production reference relevant response role rumour sender and receiver sense shared situation social class social organisation social relationships society sociology speech spiral of silence status structure symbolic symbolic interactionism television tend theory tion University of Liverpool