Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research
New York: Routledge (2009), xl, 670 pp.
Contains figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-0-8058-4984-4 (pbk); 978-0-203-87164-5 (online)
"The Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research provides a state-of-the-art review of communication scholarship that addresses real-world concerns, issues, and problems. This comprehensive examination of applied communication research, including its foundations, research methods employed, significant issues confronted, important contexts in which such research has been conducted, and overviews of some exemplary programs of applied communication research, shows how such research has and can make a difference in the world and in people's lives." (Publisher description)
I. FOUNDATIONS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
1 The Development of Applied Communication Research / Kenneth N. Cissna, William F. Eadie, And Mark Hickson, 3
2 Across Applied Divides: Great Debates of Applied Communication Scholarship / Lawrence R. Frey and Sunwolf, 26
3 Practical Theory in Applied Communication Scholarship / J. Kevin Barge and Robert T. Craig, 55
II. METHODS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
4 Using Quantitative Methods to Conduct Applied Communication Research / Jim L. Query, Jr., Kevin B. Wright, Patricia Amason, Kristen Campbell Eichhorn, Melinda R. Weathers, Martha Womack Haun, Eileen S. Gilchrist, Laura Bochenek Klein, and Valerie Pedrami, 81
5 Rhetorical Methods of Applied Communication Scholarship / Celeste M. Condit and Benjamin R. Bates, 106
6 Ethnography in Applied Communication Research / Laura L. Ellingson, 129
7 Discourse Analysis: The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing, and Analyzing Talk / Karen Tracy and Julien C. Mirivel, 153
III. ISSUES IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
8 Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research: Taking a Feminist Turn / Patrice M. Buzzanell, Rebecca J. Meisenbach, Robyn Remke, Helen Sterk, and Lynn H. Turner, 181
9 Race as Political Identity: Problematic Issues for Applied Communication Research / Anne Maydan Nicotera, Marcia J. Clinkscales, Laura K. Dorsey, and Marnel N. Niles, 203
10 Technology in/as Applied Communication Research / Leah A. Lievrouw, 233
11 Managing a World of Problems: The Implications of Globalization for Applied Communication Research / John Parrish-Sprowl, 257
12 Applied Communication Ethics: A Summary and Critique of the Research Literature / Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow, Robert R. Ulmer, and Julie M. Novak, 280
IV. CONTEXTS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
13 Family as Agency of Potential: Toward a Positive Ontology of Applied Family Communication Theory and Research / Thomas J. Socha, 309
14 Organizational Communication and Applied Communication Research: Parallels, Intersections, Integration, and Engagement / David R. Seibold, Daisy R. Lemus, Dawna I. Ballard, and Karen K. Myers, 331
15 In the Public Interest: Communication in Nonprofit Organizations / Eric M. Eisenberg and Beth Eschenfelder, 355
16 Health Communication as Applied Communication Inquiry / Gary L. Kreps and Ellen W. Bonaguro, 380
17 Communication in the Helping Professions / Katherine I. Miller and Jennifer R. Considine, 405
18 Aging and Applied Communication Research / Jon F. Nussbaum and Jennifer E. Ohs, 429
19 Applied Political Communication Research / Lynda Lee Kaid, Mitchell S. Mckinney, and John C. Tedesco, 453
20 Applied Communication Research in Educational Contexts / Ann L. Darling and Liz Leckie, 481
21 Communication for Participatory Development: Dialogue, Action, and Change / D. Lawrence Kincaid and María Elena Figueroa, 506
V. EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
22 Drug Resistance Strategies Project: Using Narrative Theory to Enhance Adolescents' Communication Competence / Michael L. Hecht and Michelle Miller-Day, 535
23 Applied Research on Group Decision Support Systems: The Minnesota GDSS Project / Marshall Scott Poole and Gerardine Desanctis, 558
24 Fear Appeals and Public Health: Managing Fear and Creating Hope / Kim Witte and Anthony J. Roberto, 584
25 The Multiple Faces of the Public Dialogue Consortium: Scholars, Practitioners, and Dreamers of Better Social Worlds / Kimberly Pearce, Shawn Spano, and W. Barnett Pearce, 611
1 The Development of Applied Communication Research / Kenneth N. Cissna, William F. Eadie, And Mark Hickson, 3
2 Across Applied Divides: Great Debates of Applied Communication Scholarship / Lawrence R. Frey and Sunwolf, 26
3 Practical Theory in Applied Communication Scholarship / J. Kevin Barge and Robert T. Craig, 55
II. METHODS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
4 Using Quantitative Methods to Conduct Applied Communication Research / Jim L. Query, Jr., Kevin B. Wright, Patricia Amason, Kristen Campbell Eichhorn, Melinda R. Weathers, Martha Womack Haun, Eileen S. Gilchrist, Laura Bochenek Klein, and Valerie Pedrami, 81
5 Rhetorical Methods of Applied Communication Scholarship / Celeste M. Condit and Benjamin R. Bates, 106
6 Ethnography in Applied Communication Research / Laura L. Ellingson, 129
7 Discourse Analysis: The Practice and Practical Value of Taping, Transcribing, and Analyzing Talk / Karen Tracy and Julien C. Mirivel, 153
III. ISSUES IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
8 Positioning Gender as Fundamental in Applied Communication Research: Taking a Feminist Turn / Patrice M. Buzzanell, Rebecca J. Meisenbach, Robyn Remke, Helen Sterk, and Lynn H. Turner, 181
9 Race as Political Identity: Problematic Issues for Applied Communication Research / Anne Maydan Nicotera, Marcia J. Clinkscales, Laura K. Dorsey, and Marnel N. Niles, 203
10 Technology in/as Applied Communication Research / Leah A. Lievrouw, 233
11 Managing a World of Problems: The Implications of Globalization for Applied Communication Research / John Parrish-Sprowl, 257
12 Applied Communication Ethics: A Summary and Critique of the Research Literature / Matthew W. Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow, Robert R. Ulmer, and Julie M. Novak, 280
IV. CONTEXTS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
13 Family as Agency of Potential: Toward a Positive Ontology of Applied Family Communication Theory and Research / Thomas J. Socha, 309
14 Organizational Communication and Applied Communication Research: Parallels, Intersections, Integration, and Engagement / David R. Seibold, Daisy R. Lemus, Dawna I. Ballard, and Karen K. Myers, 331
15 In the Public Interest: Communication in Nonprofit Organizations / Eric M. Eisenberg and Beth Eschenfelder, 355
16 Health Communication as Applied Communication Inquiry / Gary L. Kreps and Ellen W. Bonaguro, 380
17 Communication in the Helping Professions / Katherine I. Miller and Jennifer R. Considine, 405
18 Aging and Applied Communication Research / Jon F. Nussbaum and Jennifer E. Ohs, 429
19 Applied Political Communication Research / Lynda Lee Kaid, Mitchell S. Mckinney, and John C. Tedesco, 453
20 Applied Communication Research in Educational Contexts / Ann L. Darling and Liz Leckie, 481
21 Communication for Participatory Development: Dialogue, Action, and Change / D. Lawrence Kincaid and María Elena Figueroa, 506
V. EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
22 Drug Resistance Strategies Project: Using Narrative Theory to Enhance Adolescents' Communication Competence / Michael L. Hecht and Michelle Miller-Day, 535
23 Applied Research on Group Decision Support Systems: The Minnesota GDSS Project / Marshall Scott Poole and Gerardine Desanctis, 558
24 Fear Appeals and Public Health: Managing Fear and Creating Hope / Kim Witte and Anthony J. Roberto, 584
25 The Multiple Faces of the Public Dialogue Consortium: Scholars, Practitioners, and Dreamers of Better Social Worlds / Kimberly Pearce, Shawn Spano, and W. Barnett Pearce, 611
