Boxing Plato's Shadow An Introduction to the Study of Human Communication

Name: Boxing Plato's Shadow An Introduction to the Study of Human Communication
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ISBN: 9780072483901

ISBN-10: 0072483903

ISBN-13: 9780072483901

Edition: 2004

Authors: Michael Dues, Mary Brown

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List price: $66.67
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 9/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Foreword to Instructors


Note to the Students


Introduction



The Beginning of Communication Study


A Market for Communication Knowledge and Skill


The Sophists Plato's Shadow


Aristotle's Resolution


Boxing Plato's Shadow


Contributions of Plato and Socrates to the Study of Communication



Communication Study from Aristotle's Time to the 20th Century Rhetoric in Egypt and Rome Rhetoric in Christian Europe New Relevance for Rhetoric in England and the New World Elocution A Changing Academic World and the Birth of a New Discipline



Humanistic Study of Communication in the 20th Century


Rhetorical Scholarship and the Practical Art of Speech


Rhetorical Theory Evolves Hermeneutics and Postmodernism in Rhetorical Scholarship



The Emerging Social Science of Communication Study Social Science


Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Social Science


Summary: The Nature of Social Science


Foundations of Social Science and Communication


Study in the 19th Century


Early Scientific Study of Communications: 1920s to 1940s Communication Research and World War II


The Growth of Communication Science after the War


Integrating Speech and Communication Study


Recent Trends in Communication Study



Communication Study Today The Value of Different Approaches Challenges


Facing Social Science Challenges


Facing Humanist Scholars Areas of Specialization in Communication Research


Communication Study as Interdisciplinary Scholarship


Enduring Issues Confronting our Field Communication Study and You