Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 10
Editors......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 30
Part I Foundations of Applied Communication Research......Page 42
1 The Development of Applied Communication Research......Page 44
2 Across Applied Divides: Great Debates of Applied Communication Scholarship......Page 67
3 Practical Theory in Applied Communication Scholarship......Page 96
Part II Methods of Applied Communication Research......Page 120
4 Using Quantitative Methods to Conduct Applied Communication Research......Page 122
5 Rhetorical Methods of Applied Communication Scholarship......Page 147
6 Ethnography in Applied Communication Research......Page 170
7 Discourse Analysis: The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing, and Analyzing Talk......Page 194
Part III Issues in Applied Communication Research......Page 220
8 Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research......Page 222
9 Race as Political Identity: Problematic Issues for Applied Communication Research......Page 244
10 Technology in/as Applied Communication Research......Page 274
11 Managing a World of Problems: The Implications of Globalization for Applied Communication Research......Page 298
12 Applied Communication Ethics: A Summary and Critique of the Research Literature......Page 321
Part IV Contexts of Applied Communication Research......Page 348
13 Family as Agency of Potential: Toward a Positive Ontology of Applied Family Communication Theory and Research......Page 350
14 Organizational Communication and Applied Communication Research: Parallels, Intersections, Integration, and Engagement......Page 372
15 In the Public Interest: Communication in Nonprofit Organizations......Page 396
16 Health Communication as Applied Communication Inquiry......Page 421
17 Communication in the Helping Professions......Page 446
18 Aging and Applied Communication Research......Page 470
19 Applied Political Communication Research......Page 494
20 Applied Communication Research in Educational Contexts......Page 522
21 Communication for Participatory Development: Dialogue, Action, and Change......Page 547
Part V Exemplary Programs of Applied Communication Research......Page 574
22 Drug Resistance Strategies Project: Using Narrative Theory to Enhance Adolescents’ Communication Competence......Page 576
23 Applied Research on Group Decision Support Systems: The Minnesota GDSS Project......Page 599
24 Fear Appeals and Public Health: Managing Fear and Creating Hope......Page 625
25 The Multiple Faces of the Public Dialogue Consortium: Scholars, Practitioners, and Dreamers of Better Social Worlds......Page 652
Author Index......Page 674
Subject Index......Page 698