Communication
- 2nd ed.
- London Longman 1984
- 266 p.
- Aspects of modern sociology .
The new edition of this popular text offers an integrated framework for the study of human communication. The author deals with a whole variety of aspects; contexts such as community, work, politics and family; the levels of interpersonal, group, public, culture and society; and the forms of mass media, gesture, writing and speech, Emphasis is laid on the variety of ways in which relationships are controlled, mediated and partly determined by communication. Relevant theory and research is presented with an explanation of the main concepts in use and an evaluation of the evidence on a number of controversial points.