ABSTRACT

Communication Yearbook 36 continues the tradition of publishing state-of-the-discipline literature reviews and essays. Editor Charles T. Salmon presents a volume that is highly international and interdisciplinary in scope, with authors and chapters representing the broad global interests of the International Communication Association. The contents include summaries of communication research programs that represent the most innovative work currently, with internationally renowned scholars serving as respondents to each chapter. Offering a blend of chapters emphasizing timely disciplinary concerns and enduring theoretical questions, this volume will be valuable to scholars throughout communication studies.

chapter 1|41 pages

The Dissonant Self

Contributions from Dissonance Theory to a New Agenda for Studying Political Communication

chapter 3|48 pages

Intergroup Contact

An Integration of Social Psychological and Communication Perspectives

chapter 7|37 pages

Social Media Use in Organizations

Exploring the Affordances of Visibility, Editability, Persistence, and Association

chapter 9|36 pages

Reconsidering the Concept of Workplace Flexibility

Is Adaptability a Better Solution

chapter 11|33 pages

Constructionist Social Problems Theory

chapter 12|5 pages

Commentary The Industrial Construction of Audiences in Mass Media Industries

Notes toward a Research Agenda

chapter 16|6 pages

Commentary Risk Communication in Context

Theories, Models, Research, and Future Endeavors