Communication as ...
Perspectives on Theory
- Gregory J. Shepherd - University of Miami, USA
- Jeffrey St. John - University of Maine, USA
- Ted Striphas - University of Colorado, USA
"Communication as… is an excellent way to introduce students to various perspectives in the discipline. It makes the point that there is no right or wrong way to study communication but that the different perspectives are all legitimate and useful."
--Sonja K. Foss, University of Colorado at Denver
"These shorter, more informal discussions of the implications of certain metaphors and analogies for communication theory will be very useful for stimulating critical thinking and generating interesting classroom discussions."
--Bradford "J" Hall, University of New Mexico
"This book provides incomparably unique and original perspectives explained by core scholars in their fields."
Too abstract
Very useful for graduate level theory course
Not a slog through one theory after another as is standard in most communication theory textbooks. Each author argues for the stakes involved in choosing to work through the framework of a given theoretical approach.
