Table of Contents
Acknowledgements p. vii
List of Illustrations p. viii
Introduction p. ix
Part I What Is Communication Studies?
1 Communication Studies in the UK p. 3
2 Which Theory for Communication Studies? p. 24
3 Communication Studies Now p. 44
4 Mapping the Field p. 56
From Intrapersonal Communication to Interpersonal Communication to Group Communication p. 56
Non-Verbal Communication p. 58
Verbal Communication p. 62
Visual and Graphic Communication p. 66
Organisational Communication p. 69
Societal Communication p. 71
Mass Communication p. 75
Global Communication p. 79
Public and Political Communication p. 82
Integrated Communications p. 83
5 The Communication Studies Toolkit p. 85
Semiotics p. 86
Discourse Analysis p. 94
Social Constructionism p. 97
Visual Rhetorics p. 100
Historical Materialism p. 103
Psychoanalysis p. 108
Gender Criticism (including Feminism, Postfeminism and Queer Theory) p. 112
Structuralism and Poststructuralism p. 118
Postmodernism p. 121
Postcolonialism p. 125
6 Further Reading p. 128
Part II Study Skills in Commuication Studies
7 Becoming an Effective Communication Studies Student p. 143
8 Time Management p. 154
9 Using a Tutorial p. 157
10 Notes in Lectures p. 162
11 Writing Skills p. 166
12 Examinations: Revising and Sitting p. 171
Bibliography p. 176
Index
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