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The study of communication, language, and discourse is at once
simple, elegant, and complex. Each of these areas is informed by
"micro" subjective experiences of individuals and the "macro"
processes of a culture. Communication itself is thoroughly modern
yet it seeks anchorage in the traditions of the humanities and
social sciences. All of this creates a significant challenge.
In this monograph, Ellis considers the study of communication as
he discusses three key issues in communication theory: (1) the
growing emphasis on meaning, (2) the importance of a mediated
culture, and (3) the links between micro communication activities
and macro social categories such as ethnicity and social class. In
response to these three issues, this book deals with the way people
use language and communication to construct their world; this world
is not constructed purely but is influenced by attitudes,
ideologies, and biases. In the modern world the medium of
communication has an impact on consciousness and society, and Ellis
shows how the media are responsible for some of the fault lines in
society. The book also explores principles of medium theory and
documents the impact of media on psychological and sociological
phenomena. Finally, work of Goffman, Giddens, and Randall Collins
is extended to show how micro communication behaviors are
implicated in and by social conditions.
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Expanded features:
* The chapters work out a logic connecting real communication
patterns with the broad principles upon which societies are
explored. Thus the title "Crafting" Society--the crafting is
purposefully active to indicate the dynamic processes involved in
creating what we call society. Society and culture have their roots
and empirical bases in communication; that is, in the daily
struggles of interaction.
* Two chapters on two of the most important and controversial
issues of the day--ethnicity and class. These two chapters are
clear illustrations of the new theoretical principles discussed
throughout the book.
* A chapter on social class is very unique for a book devoted to
communication processes. Communication theorists do not usually
write about class, even though it is a highly symbolic process and
rooted in communication patterns. Class is a difficult concept in
America since so few people, other than sociologists, care to talk
about it.
* A chapter on medium theory takes the bold step of experimenting
a little by summarizing basic causal statements and propositions.
This device underscores the goal of a theory which is to come to
grips with testable statements. The focus is on medium theory and
how the media influence consciousness and social structure.
* A unique chapter takes up the issue of how communication
processes are constitutive of social structures. It draws on work
by Giddens and others to return to a concept of structure based on
actions that produce and reproduce structure.
The study of communication, language, and discourse is at once
simple, elegant, and complex. Each of these areas is informed by
"micro" subjective experiences of individuals and the "macro"
processes of a culture. Communication itself is thoroughly modern
yet it seeks anchorage in the traditions of the humanities and
social sciences. All of this creates a significant challenge. In
this monograph, Ellis considers the study of communication as he
discusses three key issues in communication theory: (1) the growing
emphasis on meaning, (2) the importance of a mediated culture, and
(3) the links between micro communication activities and macro
social categories such as ethnicity and social class. In response
to these three issues, this book deals with the way people use
language and communication to construct their world; this world is
not constructed purely but is influenced by attitudes, ideologies,
and biases. In the modern world the medium of communication has an
impact on consciousness and society, and Ellis shows how the media
are responsible for some of the fault lines in society. The book
also explores principles of medium theory and documents the impact
of media on psychological and sociological phenomena. Finally, work
of Goffman, Giddens, and Randall Collins is extended to show how
micro communication behaviors are implicated in and by social
conditions. ADDITIONAL COPY FOR MAILER Expanded features: * The
chapters work out a logic connecting real communication patterns
with the broad principles upon which societies are explored. Thus
the title "Crafting" Society--the crafting is purposefully active
to indicate the dynamic processes involved in creating what we call
society. Society and culture have their roots and empirical bases
in communication; that is, in the daily struggles of interaction. *
Two chapters on two of the most important and controversial issues
of the day--ethnicity and class. These two chapters are clear
illustrations of the new theoretical principles discussed
throughout the book. * A chapter on social class is very unique for
a book devoted to communication processes. Communication theorists
do not usually write about class, even though it is a highly
symbolic process and rooted in communication patterns. Class is a
difficult concept in America since so few people, other than
sociologists, care to talk about it. * A chapter on medium theory
takes the bold step of experimenting a little by summarizing basic
causal statements and propositions. This device underscores the
goal of a theory which is to come to grips with testable
statements. The focus is on medium theory and how the media
influence consciousness and social structure. * A unique chapter
takes up the issue of how communication processes are constitutive
of social structures. It draws on work by Giddens and others to
return to a concept of structure based on actions that produce and
reproduce structure.
This student-oriented book introduces and explains the dynamics of
conflict and resolution_particularly in ethnic, ethnopolitical, and
intercultural or intergroup conflicts. Providing a basic overview
of the elements of group conflict, ethnicity, identity, and
diasporas, the book also explores the role of the mass media and
key ways of using communication principles to understand and
resolve conflict. It focuses on how to resolve problems by changing
relationships and building new patterns of communication, not just
managing or settling problems through acceptable political
agreements. Transforming Conflict is a valuable text or supplement
for courses in conflict resolution as well as international, group,
or intercultural communication.
Radical Conflict addresses conflict at interpersonal and communal,
legal and rhetorical, ethnopolitical, global, and geopolitical
levels. The conflicts analyzed are "radical" because in each some
intense and often prolonged violence takes place. The chapters
address different kinds of violence(s)-physical and gratuitous,
structural and socio-economic, legal and symbolic, all with
significant ill effects and injustices that spiral in all
directions. All share an interest in exploring imaginatively and
speculatively what can be done to attenuate such cycles of
violence. The volume analyzes how recurrent narratives,
mythologies, media(ted) constructions and other discourse(s) of
liberal democratic and authoritarian states play a significant role
in exacerbating or thwarting violence, exposing, escalating,
legitimizing, rationalizing, propagating, but also possibly
mitigating violence in all of its forms. Each contributor provides
a critical interpretation of the status of the conflict under
inquiry, including: a teacher verbally abusing and ridiculing a
student then exposing it in social media; a community torn apart by
environmental disaster; the incommensurate but not incommensurable
conflict between Israelis and Palestinians; the Muslim Brotherhood
and the militarized state(s) of Egypt and Libya; urban discourses
in cyberspace among Moroccan and Maghreb youth that have become
counter-signifying publics against oppression of the state; the
role of media and violence in Zimbabwe's political struggle; the
impact of the Circassian diaspora in global politics especially in
the United States; India's soft power approach to the Kashmir
conflict as a way to capitalize on it through tourism; the
agonistic discourses that pervade the conflict over the Sahara and
deprive Sahrawi people of rights; and how the liberal state is
implicated in the gratuitous violence of ISIL. The volume also
offers a section on the rhetoric of exclusionary laws associated
with intractable conflicts of the abortion conflict, the right to
die controversy, and a Burkean perspective on violence in
Bangladesh. Contributors suggest what can be done conceptually and
politically to mitigate and end violations of those who are most
vulnerable, banished, forgotten, damaged, and often silenced.
Examining the close relationship between principles of deliberative
democracy, communication, and conflict resolution, this book argues
that the nature of deliberative processes is underappreciated for
conflict resolution in ethnopolitically divided societies, and that
the communicative nature of democratic deliberation is ripe for
theoretical and empirical expansion. The book examines the
potential of deliberative democracy to contribute to conflict
resolution, including issues of argument, deliberation, and
political communication. Attention is also paid to the role of
media, technology, and the internet. Offering a fully developed
understanding of democratic communication and the resolution of
conflicts, this book is suitable for scholars as well as students
in upper division and graduate courses in a range of areas
including communication, politics and government, sociology, and
conflict studies.
This student-oriented book introduces and explains the dynamics of
conflict and resolution particularly in ethnic, ethnopolitical, and
intercultural or intergroup conflicts. Providing a basic overview
of the elements of group conflict, ethnicity, identity, and
diasporas, the book also explores the role of the mass media and
key ways of using communication principles to understand and
resolve conflict. It focuses on how to resolve problems by changing
relationships and building new patterns of communication, not just
managing or settling problems through acceptable political
agreements. Transforming Conflict is a valuable text or supplement
for courses in conflict resolution as well as international, group,
or intercultural communication.
"From Language to Communication" focuses on the structure of texts
and on the social and psychological aspects of language. Utilizing
current thinking and research, this volume provides an overview of
issues in linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognition, pragmatics,
discourse, and semantics as they coalesce to create the
communicative experience.
As a unique examination of the relationship between language and
communication, key features of the second edition include:
* material on the biological bases of language,
* models of the mind and information processing,
* discussions of semantics and the creation of new words,
* conversation analysis with practical applications, and
* a chapter on sociolinguistics, including language and groups,
dialects, and personal styles.
Designed as an introduction to language and communication study,
this text is appropriate for use in undergraduate and graduate
courses in discourse and related courses in language, meaning, and
messages. It also makes an excellent companion volume for courses
in theory or interpersonal communication.
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More readable and practical than its predecessor, this second
edition contains major additions:
* A more general introduction to language and communication,
including new material on the biological bases of language as well
as a table of species comparisons and brain comparisons.
* New models of the mind and how you process information,
including more on the role of short and long term memory. It also
includes a section on the features of messages that aid in
comprehension--in other words, how people use the messages of
another to build meaning and comprehension.
* A new section on semantics, new words and how they come about,
and a more interesting treatment of meaning and how it works. The
section on new words details the many ways that new words come into
being. The examples are interesting and engaging for the student.
* A new focus on pragmatics with a major new section on
conversation analysis which includes very practical ways to apply
the principles with numerous examples.
* A new chapter on sociolinguistics includes material on language
and groups (including gender, African-American English, and social
class) dialects, personal styles, and related issues.
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