Communication : a post-discipline / Silvio Waisbord.

By:

Waisbord, Silvio R. (Silvio Ricardo), 1961- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2019Description: vii, 171 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781509520084 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

Communication -- Study and teaching

Additional physical formats: Online version:: CommunicationDDC classification:

302.2 WAI 23

Contents:

Fragmentation and hyper-specialization -- The patchwork of communication studies -- The "digital communication" turn -- What has globalization wrought? -- A post-discipline.

Summary: "Communication studies is a fragmented field. As a result of its roots in various disciplinary traditions, it is built on fluid intellectual boundaries. Should we worry about this state of dispersion? Waisbord argues that it is impossible to transcend fragmentation, but communication studies is better served by accepting and stimulating differences"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	302.2 WAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2657

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-168) and index.

Fragmentation and hyper-specialization -- The patchwork of communication studies -- The "digital communication" turn -- What has globalization wrought? -- A post-discipline.

"Communication studies is a fragmented field. As a result of its roots in various disciplinary traditions, it is built on fluid intellectual boundaries. Should we worry about this state of dispersion? Waisbord argues that it is impossible to transcend fragmentation, but communication studies is better served by accepting and stimulating differences"-- Provided by publisher.

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