The Social Psychology of Communication

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Towards an ‘Interfield’ Approach

   1. Introduction: Towards an ‘Interfield’ Approach

      • Derek Hook, Bradley Franks, Helen Amelia Green

      Pages 1-22

3. Introducing the Social Psychology of Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Developmental Impact of Communicative Interaction

      • Joanne Hardman

      Pages 25-45

   3. Dialogue, Critical Consciousness, and Praxis

      • Cathy Vaughan

      Pages 46-66

   4. Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Multicultural Life

      • Ama de-Graft Aikins

      Pages 67-86

   5. Social Influence: Modes and Modalities

      • Gordon Sammut, Martin W. Bauer

      Pages 87-106

   6. Pragmatic Theory and Social Relations

      • Bradley Franks, Helen Amelia Green

      Pages 107-126

   7. Communicative Action and the Dialogical Imagination

      • Sandra Jovchelovitch

      Pages 127-150

4. Special Topics in Communication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Representations, Identity, and Resistance in Communication

      • Caroline Howarth

      Pages 153-168

   3. Rumours and Gossip as Genres of Communication

      • Bradley Franks, Sharon Attia

      Pages 169-186

   4. Empty and Full Speech

      • Derek Hook

      Pages 187-208

   5. Communication as Rhetoric and Argumentation

      • Martin W. Bauer, Vlad P. Glăveanu

      Pages 209-228

   6. Evolution and Communication

      • Bradley Franks, Japinder Dhesi

      Pages 229-246

5. Applied Areas and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247

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   2. Religion as Communication

      • Edmund Arens

      Pages 249-265

   3. Mediated Health Campaigns: From Information to Social Change

      • Catherine Campbell, Kerry Scott

      Pages 266-283

   4. The Social Psychology of Political Communication

      • Matthew C. Nisbet, Lauren Feldman

      Pages 284-299

   5. Science Communication

      • Jane Gregory

      Pages 300-315

This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field.

• communication
• evolution
• identity
• interaction
• Nation
• psychology
• religion
• social change
• social psychology

'A very timely book...the focus on the multi-faceted nature of the social and behavioural changes that are allied to communication processes is impressive' - Jaan Valsiner, Professor, Department of Psychology, Clark University, USA

'...The Social Psychology of Communication is rich in differing and often even competing theoretical perspectives and practical applications, and yet it also manages to be a book of singular purpose...the reader will jump back and forth between agreement, objection, and wonder. When this occurs, the book has accomplished its goal.' Psychology in Society

• London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

  Derek Hook, Bradley Franks, Martin W. Bauer

EDMUND ARENS Professor of Fundamental Theology at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland SHARON ATTIA doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK MARTIN BAUER Professor of Social Psychology at LSE, UK CATHERINE CAMPBELL Professor of Social Psychology at LSE, UK and the Director of the MSc in Health, Community and Development AMA DE-GRAFT AIKINS Research Fellow in social psychology at Cambridge University and a Visiting Fellow of LSE Health, LSE, UK JAPINDER DHESI doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK LAUREN FELDMAN Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at American University, Washington, DC, USA BRADLEY FRANKS Senior Lecturer in Psychology at LSE, UK. HELEN AMELIA GREEN PhD student at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK JANE GREGORY Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College, London, UK. Her JOANNE HARDMAN Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa DEREK HOOK Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Lecturer in Social Psychology at LSE, UK CAROLINE HOWARTH Lecturer in Social Psychology at LSE, UK MATTHEW C. NISBET Associate Professor in the School of Communication at American University, Washington, D.C, USA GORDON SAMMUT Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Malta KERRY SCOTT is a health and social development specialist who recently completed the MSc in Health, Community and Development at the LSE, UK CATHY VAUGHAN public health practitioner who, since 1996, has worked in South East Asia and the Pacific in the areas of HIV and AIDS, youth health and the evaluation of health care programs

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