A History of Communication Study,9780029267356

A History of Communication Study

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ISBN13: 9780029267356
ISBN10: 0029267358
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-02-01
Publisher(s): Free Pr
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
List of Tables

PREFACE

Chapter 1: Wilbur Schramm and the Founding of Communication Study

PART I: EUROPEAN BEGINNINGS OF COMMUNICATION STUDY

Chapter 2: Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory
Chapter 3: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory
Chapter 4: Karl Marx and the Critical School

PART II: THE GROWTH OF COMMUNICATION STUDY IN AMERICA

Chapter 5: The Chicago School
Chapter 6: Harold Lasswell and Propaganda Analysis
Chapter 7: Paul E Lazarsfeld and Mass Communication Effects
Chapter 8: Kurt Lewin and Group Dynamics
Chapter 9: Carl Hovland and Persuasion Research
Chapter 10: Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics
Chapter 11: Claude E. Shannon's Information Theory

PART III: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNICATION FIELD

Chapter 12: Wilbur Schramm and the Establishment of Communication Study

Principal Figures in the History of Communication Study
References
Index

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