An Integrated Approach To Communication Theory and Research

This volume provides an integrated overview of communication study for the student. In preparing to teach introductory graduate courses, the authors could not find a single text that provided both theoretical coverage of the broad scope of communication study, as well as a text that integrated the theory with the research. This book puts theory into research and explains how research operates within theory. To explicate the integration process, the chapter contributors-experts in their respective areas-offer samples in the form of hypothetical studies, published studies, or unpublished research, showing how theory and research are integrated in their particular fields.