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A Century of Transformation
Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association
Edited by James W. Chesebro
Eastern Communication Association
432 pages
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12 illus.
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191x235mm
978-0-19-538622-6
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Hardback
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17 November 2011
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- Celebrates a century of the ECA, the first formally organized communication organization in the U.S.
- Covers many different aspects of the discipline, including the organization's past, present, and future
- Features venerable leaders in the communication field as well as future scholars
A Century of Transformation: Studies in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Eastern Communication Association celebrates the anniversary of communication as a formally organized professional academic discipline. To mark this occasion, the Eastern Communication Association has compiled a volume of essays examining the many different aspects of the discipline, its history, and its future.
The only book of its kind, this landmark anthology covers a multitude of topics, including approaches to studying communication, reviews of the current status of the discipline's major branches, and transformations that the
field has experienced throughout its 100-year history.
Edited by James W. Chesebro, this volume contains essays written by venerable researchers and professors, alongside selections from some of the field's upcoming leaders. Intended to serve as an analysis of both the past and future of the communication discipline, A Century of Transformation is a valuable resource for capstone courses in communication. It is also captivating reading for anyone interested in the history, growth, and development of the discipline.Readership: ECA members, communication scholars
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Edited by James W. Chesebro, Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications, Ball State University Eastern Communication AssociationThe Eastern Communication Association is the oldest professional communication association in the United States. Established in 1910, it is a service-oriented organization with a history of achievement in research, criticism, communication theory, and excellence in teaching.
James W. Chesebro is Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications at Ball State University. Contributors:
Theodore A. Avtgis (Ph.D., Kent State University, 1999) is an Associate Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University; Michael H. Bauer (M.A.E., University of Nebraska-Kearney) is Director of Forensics and Instructor in the Communication Studies Department, Ball State University; Michael J. Beatty (Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1976) is Professor in and directs the Ph.D. program at the School of Communication, University of Miami; Elizabeth Ellen Bell (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1983) is Professor and Director
of the Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida and Discipline Coordinator of Oral Interpretation for the Florida Department of Education; Deborah Borisoff (Ph.D., New York University, 1981) is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development; James W. Chesebro (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1972) is Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications and Director of the Master of Arts in Telecommunications (Digital Storytelling) Program in the Department of Telecommunications, Ball State University; Pamela Cooper (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1977) is Professor and Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Beaufort,
South Carolina; Susan J. Drucker (Juris Doctor, St. John's University School of Law, 1982) is Professor in the Department of Journalism/ Media Studies/ Public Relations in the School of Communication at Hofstra University; John Fritch (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1994) is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Head of the Department of Communication Studies, University of Northern Iowa; Dennis S. Gouran (Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 1968) is Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Labor Studies and Employment Relations at The Pennsylvania State University and Graduate Officer in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University; Gary Gumpert (Ph.D, Wayne State University, 1963) is Emeritus Professor of Communication at Queens College
of the City University of New York, and President of the Urban Communication Foundation; Dan F. Hahn (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1968) is retired after a career of teaching at Queens College of the City University of New York, the University of Southern Mississippi, Florida Atlantic University, and New York University; Mark Hickson, III (Ph. D., Southern Illinois University, 1971) is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; Michael E. Holmes (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991) is Professor of Communication Studies and Associate Director, Insight & Research, Center for Media Design, Ball State University; Robert V. Friedenberg (Ph.D. Temple University 1970) is Professor of Communication at Miami University (Ohio); Ann Bainbridge Frymier (Ed.D.,
1992, West Virginia University) is the Associate Dean of the Graduate School and a professor in the Department of Communication at Miami University; Ronald L. Jackson II (Ph.D., Howard University, 1996) is Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research in the College of Media and Professor of Media Studies in the Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Kristin M. Langellier (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1980) is Mark and Marcia Bailey Professor at the University of Maine in the Department of Communication and Journalism; Linda Costigan Lederman, (Ph D Rutgers, 1979), Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Human Communication, Arizona State University; James C. McCroskey (D. Ed., Pennsylvania State University, 1966) is Emeritus
Professor of Communication Studies at West Virginia University; Scholar in Residence in the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Alabama at Birmingham; David T. McMahan (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2001) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre at Missouri Western State University; Scott D. Moore (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1997) is Professor of Communication and interim Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the California State University; Janette Kenner Muir (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1986) is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies, New Century College, George Mason University; Dan O'Hair (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1982) is Presidential Professor in the Department of Communication at The
University of Oklahoma and is Director of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management; Lester C. Olson (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984) is Professor of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh, where he specializes in public address, rhetoric, and visual culture; Michelle E. Pence (M.A., University of Missouri-St Louis, 2007) is a doctoral student at the University of Miami; Nicole A. Ploeger (M.A., University of Oklahoma, 2007) is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma; Andrew S. Rancer (Ph.D., Kent State University, 1979) is Professor of Communication in The School of Communication, The University of Akron; Virginia Peck Richmond (MA West Virginia University, PhD. University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Honorary doctorate from West
Virginia Institute of Technology) is the current Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama-Birmingham; Judith S. Trent (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970) is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Cincinnati; Kelly M. Young (Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2005) is an Assistant Professor in Communication and Director of Forensics, 585 Manooigan Hall, Wayne State University
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Introduction
1. The History of the Eastern Communication Associations, Its 100th Anniversary, and This 100th Anniversary Volume, James W. Chesebro
PART ONE: APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF COMMUNICATION
2. Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Lester C. Olson
3. Communication Theory and Research, Andrew S. Rancer and Theodore A. Avtgis
4. Applied Communication Theory and Research, Dan O'Hair, Nicole A. Ploeger, and Scott D. Moore
5. Performance Studies: Theory, Research, and Criticism, Kristin M. Langellier and Elizabeth Ellen Bell
6. Communibiology: Theory and Applied Implications, James C. McCroskey and Michael J. Beatty
PART TWO: COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS—STATE OF THE ARTS REVIEWS
7. Political Communication, Judith S. Trent and Robert V. Friedenberg
8. Small Group Communication, Dennis S. Gouran
9. Argumentation and Debate, Michael H. Bauer, Kelly M. Young, and John Fritch
10. Interpersonal Communication, Deborah Borisoff, Pamela Cooper Hoel, and David T. McMahan
11. Health Care Communication, Linda Lederman
12. Mass Communication, The Media Perspective, and Media Ecology, Gary Gumpert
13. Intercultural and Intracultural Communication, Ronald L. Jackson II
14. Freedom of Expression, Susan Drucker
15. Communication Education and Instructional Development, Virginia Peck Richmond and Ann Bainbridge Frymier
16. Communication Apprehension, James C. McCroskey
PART THREE: FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT TO THE FUTURE—BUILDING AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE THROUGH CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATIONS
17. Transformations Created by Digital Communication Technologies, James W. Chesebro and Michael E. HolmesR
18. Transformations Created by Research, Mark Hickson III
19. Keeping the Faith: On Being a Teacher-Scholar in the 21st Century, Jane Blankenship, Janette Kenner Muir, and Dan F. Hahn
Contributors
Index
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