LibGuides: Communication: Communication Overview

Terminology

Communication Theory & Concepts

Discourse analysis
From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
An omnibus term to describe a wide range of socio-cultural analytic perspectives developed in the aftermath of the linguistic turn in the social sciences during the 1960s, at the broadest level, the domain of discourse analysis encompasses the study of language use beyond the level of the sentence or utterance, in relation to social or societal context. In this broad conception, discourse analysis embraces both speech and interaction and written texts as objects of study.
Hegemony (Communications)
From Key Concepts in Media and Communications
Hegemony is perhaps the most enduring of the concepts contributed to media studies by the Marxian tradition, having survived the ‘post-Marxist’ intellectual fashions of the 1990s surprisingly well.
Ideology: Topic Page
Set of ideas, beliefs, and opinions about the nature of people and society, providing a framework for a theory about how people should live, as well as how society is or should be organized. A nation's ideology is usually reflected in the political system it creates.
Imagined community
From Key Concepts in Radio Studies
This refers to the sense of belonging to a defined community (including the nation), which radio and other media are able to foster among listeners.
Propaganda: Topic Page
Systematic manipulation of public opinion, generally by the use of symbols such as flags, monuments, oratory, and publications. Modern propaganda is distinguished from other forms of communication in that it is consciously and deliberately used to influence group attitudes; all other functions are secondary.
Representation
From Key Concepts in Body and Society
Representation is a functional aspect of the media – within any communication the message is implicitly and explicitly shaped by a variety of influences: authorial preference, editorial vision, political climate, and socio-cultural context.
Rhetoric: Topic Page
In classical approaches to language, the study of effective or persuasive speaking and writing, especially as practised in public oratory.
The Schramm Model of Communication
From Key Concepts in Marketing
The most commonly taught and widely used theory of communication is that proposed by Wilbur Schramm in the late 1940s. The Schramm model views communication as a process that takes place between a sender (transmitter) and a receiver: there will be also a message, and a medium through which the message can be transmitted.

Inetercultural Communication Topics & Related Studies

Anthropological Societies
From Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
The formation of anthropology as a subject of intellectual study was closely associated with the establishment of distinctive institutions.
Anthropology: Topic Page
The study of humankind. It investigates the cultural, social, and physical diversity of the human species, both past and present.
Cross-Cultural communication
From Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
The technological advances that govern our travel, business, and communication patterns today require cross-cultural communication. When decisions are made in a global marketplace, it is not possible to operate effectively only within the cultural premises of the communicator.
Culture: Topic Page
In anthropology, the integrated system of socially acquired values, beliefs, and rules of conduct which delimit the range of accepted behaviors in any given society. Cultural differences distinguish societies from one another.
Ethnicity
From Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Ethnicity identifies and classifies people into groups according to perceived cultural similarities and differences of beliefs, values, customs, histories, and any other relevant views and practices that are subsequently passed on to future generations. The historical presence and use of the idea of ethnicity is important to understanding both transatlantic colonial history and the postcolonial world.
Ethnography
From Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
As a written account, an ethnography focuses on a particular population, place and time with the deliberate goal of describing it to others.
Globalization: Topic Page
Process by which different parts of the globe become interconnected by economic, social, cultural, and political means. Globalization has become increasingly rapid since the 1970s and 1980s as a result of developments in technology, communications, and trade liberalization.
Symbol: Topic Page
Sign representing something that has an independent existence. The most important use of symbols is in language. To say so, however, does not solve the perennial philosophical questions as to the nature of the linguistic sign.

Communication Models

Communication Call Numbers

Here at CSI, we use LC (Library of Congress) call numbers. If you are browsing the stacks or searching with the online catalog, these call numbers will be helpful for you. Happy hunting!

KF 1-9827 : Federal Law. Copyright. Collective State Law
P 87-96 : Communication. Mass Media
P 94.7 : Interpersonal Communication
P 95-95.6 : Oral Communication. Speech
P 99.5-99.6 : Nonverbal Communication
PN 1990-1997 : Broadcasting, Radio, Television, Motion Pictures
PN 4699-5639 : Journalism. The Periodical Press
T : Technology
TR : Photojournalism
Z 40-115 : Communication writing
Z 657-661 : Freedom of the Press. Censorship

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