This volume explores the applications of narrative and storytelling in corporate, public health and political communications, and its implications for those fields. Using diverse research methods including surveys, experiments, case studies and content analyses, an international team of authors first explore conceptual and theoretical issues of narrative persuasion, then examine the impact and application of narratives in science communication, political advertising, corporate communication and social movement, before discussing the use of stories in community building, identity construction and civic engagement. This timely volume will be of interest to academics, researchers and graduate students who are interested in narratives and communications, within the areas of public relations, public communication, organizational communication, strategic communication, risk and crisis communication, and political communication.

With creative designs, this book contains important contributions to our understanding of social media news's effects on political engagement, political knowledge, willingness to engage in self-censorship, and political disaffection. In recent years, social media has emerged as a major source of news and other information. The unique nature of social media and the variety of platforms available to individuals present challenges for those who want to study and understand its psychological impact. Fortunately, many innovative studies on this subject have appeared in publications in the last few years. This edited volume features a collection of recently published studies focusing on the effects of social media news as well as the framing of social issues on these platforms. The authors of these studies used surveys, experiments, and content analysis to explore their research questions. Each chapter provides valuable insights on the growing influence of social media news. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Mass Communication and Society.

Interactive Strategic Discussion (ISD) about Literature introduces a discussion-centered approach into the ESL reading curriculum. This method teaches students not only what to discuss (the topic), but also how to discuss (the strategies). As students pack their discussion toolbox with ever more useful strategies, they eagerly engage themselves in discussion all the more. The author proposes some basic principles of implementing, managing, and evaluating small-group discussions within the ESL classroom. Research-based examples of instructional practices illustrate the ways that text-based discussion prepares students for the reading and interpretation of literature. The author also explores how interactive strategic discussion can support language acquisition, promote higher order thinking skills, and enhance high-level reading comprehension. Bring new power to L2 reading instruction with an innovative approach that deepens students' comprehension of literature and guides them to apply their acquired reading skills to their own reading. To help ESL teachers put such an instructional approach into action, this book offers lesson plans and in-class handouts.