Arguments, Aggression, and Conflict

New Directions in Theory and Research
Herausgeber: Avtgis, Theodore; Rancer, Andrew S

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguments, Aggression, and Conflict: New Directions in Theory and Research provides a thorough examination of argumentative and aggressive communication. Editors Theodore A. Avtgis and Andrew S. Rancer bring together a score of prolific and informed authors to discuss aspects of the conceptualization and measurement of aggressive communication.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780415996396
• ISBN-10: 0415996392
• Artikelnr.: 28955279

Autorenporträt

Theodore A. Avtgis (Ph.D., Kent State University) is Associate Professor of Communication at West Virginia University. He has co-authored four books, including Argumentative and Aggressive Communication with Andrew S. Rancer. He serves on the editorial boards of Argument and Advocacy, Communication Research Reports, Human Communication, and Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, among others. Among several awards, he was recognized as one of the Top Twelve Most Productive Researchers in the field of Communication Studies (between 1996 and 2001) and as a member of the World Council on Hellenes Abroad, USA Region of American Academics. Andrew S. Rancer (Ph.D., Kent State University) is Professor of Communication at the University of Akron. He has published articles in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, and Communication Research Reports, among others. He is co-author of four books, and he has served as editor of Communication Research Reports and the Massachusetts Communication Journal . Among several honors, he is the recipient of the Eastern Communication Association's Past Presidents/Officers Award (1989) and Distinguished Research Fellow Award (1997) and was a member of ECA's Committee of Scholars (1989-90).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I: Conceptualization and Operationalization of Argumentative
and Aggressive Communication 1. Approaches to Understanding Argumentative
and Aggressive Communication (Michael Beatty, Alan Heisel, Brian Patterson,
Kevin Wright) 2. The Measurement of Argumentative and Aggressive
Communication (Timothy Levine) 3. Global Perspectives on Argumentative and
Aggressive Communication (Yang Lin, Anne Maydan Nicotera) Part II:
Contextual Research and Argumentative and Aggressive Communication 4.
Instructional Communication (Paul Schrodt, Scott Myers) 5. Mass and
Mediated Communication (Rebecca Chory, Anthony Roberto) 6.
Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness in Applied Communication a.
Political Communication (John Seiter, Robert Gass) b. Health Communication
(Theodore Avtgis) c. Organizational Communication (Theodore Avtgis, Rebecca
Chory) d. Sports Communication (Jeffrey Kassing) e. Negotiation (Jill Rudd)
f. Nonverbal Communication (Andrew Rancer) g. Group Communication (Carolyn
Anderson) h. Family Communication (Sally Vogl-Bauer) i. Teasing and Humor
(Rachel DiCioccio) Part III: Specific Factors Influencing Argumentative and
Aggressive Communication 7. Argumentativeness, Verbal Aggressiveness, and
Other Traits (James McCroskey, Virginia Peck Richmond, Dale Hample) 8.
Factors Stimulating the Use of Verbal Aggression (Charles Wigley) 9. The
Instrumental Use of Verbal Aggression (Matthew M. Martin)