Professional Communication
The Social Perspective
Edited by:
- Nancy Roundy Blyler - Iowa State University, USA
- Charlotte Thralls - Founding Coeditor 1987-1989, Western Michigan University, USA
Other Titles in:
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication
November 1992 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This volume examines socially-based theory and research, pedagogy and practice in professional communication. The contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the social perspective which emphasizes the context of communication, and then distinguish it from positivistic, cognitive and other competing approaches. After establishing a broad framework for situating developments in professional communication research, the book then moves on to: explore more particular topics, issues and problems within the perspective; examine the historical and theoretical traditions in rhetoric, semiotics, literary criticism, philosophy of science, social psychology and cultural anthropology; discuss implications for classroom practice in professional communication; and describe the ways that the social perspective has changed our understanding of communication in the workplace.
Charles Bazerman
Foreword
PART ONE: HISTORY, THEORY AND RESEARCH
Overviews
Charlotte Thralls and Nancy Roundy Blyler
The Social Perspective and Professional Communication
Bruce Herzberg
Rhetoric Unbound
Interpretations
Ben F Barton and Marthalee S Barton
Ideology and the Map
Thomas Kent
Formalism, Social Construction and the Problem of Interpretive Authority
Joseph J Comprone
Generic Constraints and Expressive Motives
Carol Berkenkotter and Thomas N Huckin
You Are What You Cite
James E Porter
The Role of Law, Policy and Ethics in Corporate Composing
Rebecca E Burnett
Conflict in Collaborative Decision-Making
Janice M Lauer and Patricia Sullivan
Validity and Reliability as Social Constructions
PART TWO: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE
Overviews
Jone Rymer
Collaboration and Conversation in Learning Communities
Richard C Freed
Postmodern Practice
Interpretations
Mary M Lay
Gender Studies
Meg Morgan
The Group Writing Task
Charles Kostelnick
Viewing Functional Pictures in Context