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Emerging Theories of Human Communication

This book summarizes the important and promising emerging theories of human communication that go beyond received traditions. It includes essays on emerging theories of communication and culture; relational communicative competence; conflict communication; communication and peace; agenda setting and the role of mass media in democratic political processes; new rhetoric and new social movements; and communication and management of public-sector competitiveness. Contributors to this volume include Deborah Blood, Dudley D. Cahn, Donal Carbaugh, Ron B. Cullen, Donald P. Cushman, William A. Donohue, Timothy Gibson, Gerard A. Hauser, Trudy Milburn, Hiroshi Ota, Jiro Takai, Susan Whalen, John M. Wiemann, Mary O. Weimann, and Jian H. Zhu.

Branislav Kovacic & Donald P. Cushman At a time of increased politicization and
radicalization of the intellectual processes involved in theoretic inquiry, there is a
need to stand back from these processes and locate a pluralistic standpoint that
can help us deal with progress or lack of progress toward understanding the
human communication processes. Such a pluralistic standpoint entails, of course,
human preferences and therefore is subject to discussion and debate. However,
it is ...