The Handbook of Communication History by Peter Simonson

The Handbook of Communication History by Peter Simonson

The Handbook of Communication History addresses central ideas, social practices, and media of communication as they have developed across time, cultures, and world geographical regions. It attends to both the varieties of communication in world history and the historical investigation of those forms in communication and media studies. The Handbook editors view communication as encompassing patterns, processes, and performances of social interaction, symbolic production, material exchange, institutional formation, social praxis, and discourse. As such, the history of communication cuts across social, cultural, intellectual, political, technological, institutional, and economic history. The volume examines the history of communication history; the history of ideas of communication; the history of communication media; and the history of the field of communication. Readers will explore the history of the object under consideration (relevant practices, media, and ideas), review its manifestations in different regions and cultures (comparative dimensions), and orient toward current thinking and historical research on the topic (current state of the field). As a whole, the volume gathers disparate strands of communication history into one volume, offering an accessible and panoramic view of the development of communication over time and geographical places, and providing a catalyst to further work in communication history.

"The Handbook of Communication History is an important contribution to valuing ideas, social practices and media communication as they have developed over time, past cultures and the history of world geographical regionsThe comparative aspects of many of the chapters also add genuine value to the editorial aim of shifting our gaze not only into history but across national and international borders and is highly commendable."

- Simon Cross, Nottingham Trent University, UK, in European Journal of Communication

"This book is a unique collection of research on a critical part of the communication field. It suggests that unless we become more reflexive on what research we are doing, the field will continue to grow without direction... I recommend the book for all researchers in the field."

- Emile McAnany, Santa Clara University, Communication Research Trends

Peter Simonson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Janice Peck is Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UC Boulder.

Robert T. Craig is Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Boulder.

John P. Jackson, Jr., is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Boulder.

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ISBN 13	9780415892605
ISBN 10	0415892600
Title	The Handbook of Communication History
Author	Peter Simonson
Series	Ica Handbook Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2012-12-10
Number of pages	528
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