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Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective

ISBN: 978-1-4051-6259-3
Hardcover
272 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • An accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of speech communication theory, offering a unique balance of theory and application
  • Uses examples of how practitioners work with the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), creating both a conceptual framework and a set of practical tools
  • Draws upon advances in research for the most up-to-date concepts in speech communication
  • Defines the 'critical moments' of communication for students and practitioners; encouraging us to view communication as a two-sided process of coordinating actions and making/managing meanings
  • Questions how we can intervene in dangerous or undesirable patterns of communication that will result in better social worlds

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