Tag: Communication

Whiteness The Communication of Social Identity


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1998 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 0761908625 | PDF | 44 MB
This collection of outstanding essays employs a range of approaches to understanding `whiteness′ as a communication phenomenon. Contributors use analyses of media representations, social scientific data results, poststructuralist theoretical discussions and postcolonial critiques of whiteness. The editors conclude by summarizing not only specific claims about whiteness identity, but about how multimethodological approaches to communication offer new ways of considering research.

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The Psychology of Political Communication Politicians Under the Microscope


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781003326533 | 194 Pages | True PDF | 4.57 MB
Contemporary politics is mass-communication politics. Politicians are not only seen and heard, they are seen and heard in close-up through television appearances, speeches, interviews, and on social media. In this book, the authors analyse the ways in which politicians communicate with each other, the media, and the electorate; they also discuss the implications of contemporary political discourse on the democratic process as a whole.

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The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031144465 | 552 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Communication covers a broad spectrum of topics related to how we perceive and understand disability and the language, constructs, constraints and communication behavior that shape disability discourse within society. The essays and original research presented in this volume address important matters of disability identity and intersectionality, broader cultural narratives and representation, institutional constructs and constraints, and points related to disability justice, advocacy, and public policy. In doing so, this book brings together a diverse group of over 40 international scholars to address timely problems and to promote disability justice by interrogating the way people communicate not only to people with disabilities, but also how we communicate about disability, and how people express themselves through their disabled identity.

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The Changing Face of Alterity Communication, Technology, and Other Subjects


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English | ISBN: 1783488697 | 2016 | 238 pages | PDF | 9 MB
The figure of the ‘other’ is fundamental to the concept of communication. Online or offline, communication, which is commonly defined as the act of sending or imparting information to others, is only possible in the face of others. In fact, the reason we communicate is to interact with others-to talk to another, to share our thoughts and insights with them, or to respond to their needs and requests. No matter how it is structured or conceptualized, communication is involved with addressing the other and dealing with the ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions of otherness or alterity. But who or what can be other? Who or what can be the subject of communication? Is the other always and only another human? Or can the other in these communicative interactions be otherwise?

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Post-AIDS Discourse in Health Communication Sociocultural Interpretations


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English | ISBN: 0367430487 | 2021 | 278 pages | EPUB | 1089 KB
This book examines the discourse of a "post-AIDS" culture, and the medical-discursive shift from crisis and death to survival and living. Contributions from a diverse group of international scholars interrogate and engage with the cultural, social, political, scientific, historical, global, and local consumptions of the term "post-AIDS" from the perspective of meaning-making on health, illness, and well-being.

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Wearable Antennas and Body Centric Communication Present and Future


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English | PDF,EPUB | 2021 | 336 Pages | ISBN : 9811639728 | 139.2 MB
This book presents state-of-the-art technologies, trends and applications with a focus on the healthcare domain for ultra-wideband (3.1-10.6 GHz) and 60 GHz (57-66 GHz) wireless communication systems. Due to various key features such as miniaturized antenna design, low power, high data rate, less effects on the human body, relatively less crowded spectrum, these technologies are becoming popular in various fields of biomedical applications and day-to-day life.

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The Spiral of Silence New Perspectives on Communication and Public Opinion


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English | ISBN: 0415509327 | 2013 | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Since its original articulation in the early 1970s, the ‘spiral of silence’ theory has become one of the most studied theories of communication and public opinion. It has been tested in varied sociopolitical contexts, with different issues and across communication systems around the world. Attracting the interest of scholars from communication, political science, sociology, public opinion and psychology, it has become both the subject of tempestuous academic debate as well as a mainstay in courses on communication theory globally.

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SDG18 Communication for All, Volume 1 The Missing Link between SDGs and Global Agendas


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English | ISBN: 3031191412 | 2023 | 335 pages | PDF | 7 MB
The 2030 agenda for development, or what is known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is the most ambitious agenda collectively agreed upon by 193 countries in human history. In 2015, the UN Member States adopted the 17 SDGs as a framework that would help address the challenges being faced by humanity. From eradicating poverty, ending hunger, providing universal access to healthcare and education, and addressing climate change; to the partnering of individuals, communities, and nation-states to achieve global goals. Yet, the framers of the 2030 agenda forgot to dedicate one goal focused on the role of communication in achieving the SDGs. It is nearly impossible to achieve the SDGs without the articulation and embrace of the role of communication in development. Today, development has become a communication issue, and communication is a development issue. How could such a vital pillar of life be missing in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Volume 1 provides an overview of what the contributors have termed as the ‘missing link’ between existing SDGs: Communication for All.

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Nature of Computation and Communication 8th EAI International Conference, ICTCC 2022, Vinh Long, Vietnam, October 27-28


Free Download Cong Vinh Phan, "Nature of Computation and Communication: 8th EAI International Conference, ICTCC 2022, Vinh Long, Vietnam, October 27-28"
English | ISBN: 3031287894 | 2023 | 185 pages | PDF | 15 MB
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Nature of Computation and Communication, ICTCC 2022, held in Vinh Long, Vietnam, in October 27-28 2022.

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