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Stanley Deetz Videos
26 September 2011 10:40 PM | 5 CommentsOne of the foremost scholars in Organizational Communication discusses his research in these videos. There are many more from Stanley Deetz here http://www.youtube.com/user/mentorsgallery#grid/user/F989FFC84F6CBC18 Share/bookmark this
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses Agenda Setting
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My Japan (1945): An Anti-Japanese Propaganda Film
18 April 2011 9:56 PM | No CommentsThis is a film produced by the U.S. Government to further galvanize American sentiments of the Japanese. The purpose of the film was to make Americans feel that Japan was a formidable foe that needed to be defeated. Share/bookmark this
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Effects of Rhetoric and Media
15 February 2011 11:40 PM | 7 CommentsWhen I first began my graduate studies I had an intense distrust of scholars who focus on the effects of media. This distrust extended to those who take a critical approach to rhetoric and media. My mindset through the years has completely changed. I don’t...
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On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
Posted on December 20, 2010 | No CommentsThis book is actually an essay written by Harry G. Frankfurt in 1986. It explains the difference between liars and bullshitters. The main difference is that liars know the truth and decide to deceive and bullshitters could not care less about the truth, and deceive.... -
Television Production Handbook by Herbert Zettl
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No CommentsThis text is near and dear to me. It guided much of my undergraduate television production studies. Any student interested in the technical aspects of television should read or have this book. I still keep a copy, albeit an older version, in my office. Here... -
McQuail’s Mass Communication Theory By Denis McQuail
Posted on January 3, 2010 | No CommentsMcQuail’s Mass Communication Theory makes it onto the Communication-Theory.com bookshelf. This is the defininitive Mass Communication Theory book and must be in every communication student’s personal libary. Here is a synopsis from the publisher. “The Fifth Edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive, non-technical... -
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsAmusing Ourselves to Death makes it onto the Communication-Theory.com bookshelf. This is a must read for amy communication student. Here is a breif synopsis from Barnes and Noble. “In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture... -
Theorizing About Intercultural Communication By William B. Gudykunst
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsTheorizing About Intercultural Communication makes it onto the Communication-Theory.com bookshelf. This is a must have for any communication student’s personal library. Here is the synopsis from the publisher. “There are several approaches to incorporating culture into communication theories. First, culture can be integrated with the communication process...