{"product_id":"communication-theory-as-liberal-education-paperback","title":"Communication Theory as Liberal Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAustin Babrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunication Theory as Liberal Education (CTLE) asks students to connect theories in concrete and specific terms with a wide variety of significant concerns in their lives, such as: How do communicators co-create shared and conflicting meanings? How do we use communication to construct our identities and relationships? How can communication be used to persuade, how does it oppress, and how can it be used to liberate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy considering several significant families of communication theory-rhetorical, social psychological, phenomenological, cybernetic, semiotic, sociocultural, critical, and non-Western-students learn distinctive, detailed answers to these questions. CTLE also teaches students to use each theory as a lens for thinking critically about other theories' answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a general discussion of the human need to understand the world, the limits of ordinary understanding, differences between lay and scholarly understandings\/theories, and the meaning of studying the latter as liberal education. The text then turns to exemplars of the ancient roots of the field, followed by more modern theories, and culminates in theories developed by women and people of color, and from non-Western perspectives. It concludes by discussing communication theory, liberal education, and the challenges of living a meaningful and good life in a \"post-truth\" era characterized by unprecedented connectivity, diversity, polarization, uncertainty, and globalized risks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunication Theory as Liberal Education is ideal for upper-division and graduate courses in communication theory and in communication education, as well as college curricula designed explicitly to advance liberal education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696866849075,"sku":"9798823343947","price":153.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9nWpibaAuQ9798823343947.webp?v=1763121319","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/communication-theory-as-liberal-education-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}