Communication Reference Dossiers

From Books on Communication, in the Communication series.

Communication Reference Dossiers, arranged by the kind of object each Dossier examines: 50 books across 12 categories, with an opening and a closing book. Open a book to see its covers, what it holds and how to request it.

Take a book from the shelf to open it. Each spine is a single book; each standing cover is a set: a whole category, or the complete work.

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Complete work

• Opening book · Examine What You Rely On
• The complete work
• Closing book · Know Where It Stops

Category 01

Theories & Explanatory Models

Why does this happen?

17 books · 171 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Models of the Communication Process
• Volume 02 · Signs, Language and Meaning
• Volume 03 · Media, Literacy and the Social Order
• Volume 04 · Rhetoric, Voice and Traditions of Meaning
• Volume 05 · Culture, Identity and Adaptation
• Volume 06 · Mind and Message
• Volume 07 · Persuasion and Attitude Change
• Volume 08 · Intention, Threat and Uncertainty
• Volume 09 · Relationships
• Volume 10 · Competence, Conflict and Negotiation
• Volume 11 · Media Choice and Mediated Interaction
• Volume 12 · Media Effects and Public Opinion
• Volume 13 · News, Publics and Organizational Reputation
• Volume 14 · Groups, Teams and Collective Identity
• Volume 15 · Networks and Shared Knowledge
• Volume 16 · Organizing as Communication
• Volume 17 · Bureaucracy, Voice and Failure
• The whole category: Theories & Explanatory Models

Category 02

Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics

What should I look at?

9 books · 93 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Mapping the Communication Process
• Volume 02 · Rhetoric, Argument and Signification
• Volume 03 · The Interaction Order
• Volume 04 · Interpersonal Strategy, Feedback and Competence
• Volume 05 · Cultures of Communication
• Volume 06 · Media, Press and the Public Sphere
• Volume 07 · Persuasion, Public Relations and Crisis
• Volume 08 · Organizational Culture, Learning and Voice
• Volume 09 · Bureaucracy, Governance and Complex Systems
• The whole category: Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics

Category 03

Measurement & Assessment Instruments

How much of it is there?

5 books · 49 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Apprehension, Predispositions and Communicator Traits
• Volume 02 · Competence, Listening and Intercultural Sensitivity
• Volume 03 · Relationships, Credibility and Public Trust
• Volume 04 · Organizational Climate, Identification and Voice
• Volume 05 · Scale Design, Coding Reliability and Conflict & Group Diagnostics
• The whole category: Measurement & Assessment Instruments

Category 04

Intervention Methods & Practices

What can be done?

3 books · 36 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Dialogue, Inquiry and Collective Learning
• Volume 02 · Conversation, Access and Risk
• Volume 03 · Cultural and Institutional Practices
• The whole category: Intervention Methods & Practices

Category 05

Paradigms, Traditions & Metatheories

In whose terms is the question being asked?

3 books · 31 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Media, Power and Critique
• Volume 02 · Foundations of the Field
• Volume 03 · Plural Traditions and Strategic Paradigms
• The whole category: Paradigms, Traditions & Metatheories

Category 06

Research & Analysis Methods

How would we find out?

3 books · 28 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Analyzing Text, Talk and Meaning
• Volume 02 · Observing Interaction, Networks and Organizations
• Volume 03 · Ethnographic, Relational and Dialogic Inquiry
• The whole category: Research & Analysis Methods

Category 07

Doctrines, Principles & Normative Frameworks

What ought to happen?

3 books · 27 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Dialogue, Participation and Communication Rights
• Volume 02 · Traditions of Right Speech and Coexistence
• Volume 03 · Command, Control and Organizational Doctrine
• The whole category: Doctrines, Principles & Normative Frameworks

Category 08

Governance Institutions & Procedures

Who decides, and what binds?

2 books · 24 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Councils, Assemblies and Reconciliation
• Volume 02 · Procedures for Deciding, Codetermining and Petitioning
• The whole category: Governance Institutions & Procedures

Category 09

Concepts & Constructs

What is this called, and what is it not?

2 books · 19 Dossiers

Whole category

• Volume 01 · Words, Selves and Media
• Volume 02 · Relation, Face and Implicit Understanding
• The whole category: Concepts & Constructs

Category 10

Effects, Biases & Phenomena

What keeps happening?

1 book · 13 Dossiers

• Effects, Biases & Phenomena

Category 11

Codes & Communication Systems

What carries the message?

1 book · 13 Dossiers

• Codes & Communication Systems

Category 12

Protocols & Standards

What rule governs the exchange?

1 book · 7 Dossiers

• Protocols & Standards