Communication and Community by Gregory J Shepherd

Communication and Community by Gregory J Shepherd

This text addresses the intricacies of the relationship between the complex terms of communication and community by bringing together both new and established voices from across the areas of communication studies to offer analyses of communication and community in diverse contexts. Taken together, the chapters offer a broad examination of the dynamics of communication and community which are often identified but are rarely theorized adequately. Because the relationship between communication and community is both powerful and subtle, many participants in the volume have ventured beyond their particular areas of specialty to consider fundamental questions: 1) What is community, and how has its accomplishment come to be considered problematic? 2) Why is community a current focus of attention? 3) What role does communication play in the construction, maintenance and destabilization of community?

"The editors have done well to compile a collection that takes the reader down a winding path of communication as it relates to communityThis book provides a thorough presentation of numerous types of communities, reminding us there is no set answer, no one theory to account for the relationship between communication and community. Shepherd and Rothenbuhler compiled a book useful to researchers interested in the relationships between communication and community."
—The Southern Communication Journal

Gregory J. Shepherd, Eric W. Rothenbuhler

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ISBN 13	9780805831382
ISBN 10	080583138X
Title	Communication and Community
Author	Gregory J Shepherd
Series	Routledge Communication Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2000-12-01
Number of pages	306
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