{"product_id":"the-concise-encyclopedia-of-communication-isbn-9781118789322","title":"The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis concise volume presents key concepts and entries from the twelve-volume ICA \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), condensing leading scholarship into a practical and valuable single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on the definitive twelve-volume IEC, this new concise edition presents key concepts and the most relevant headwords of communication science in an A-Z format in an up-to-date manner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading academic association of the discipline in the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the best and most up-to-date international research in this dynamic and interdisciplinary field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions come from hundreds of authors who represent excellence in their respective fields\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn affordable volume available in print or online\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLexicon xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunication A–Z 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 660\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"One of the strengths of this volume is that it does not shy away from the vastness and richness of the field. Instead it embraces it, with gusto.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eSimone Bacchini, \u003cem\u003eReference Reviews,\u003c\/em\u003e Volume 30, Number 7, 2016 \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Concise Encyclopedia of Communication\u003c\/em\u003e is a very welcome addition to the reference literature in this field. Despite its relatively small size, it manages to be comprehensive and accurate. It should find its place on the desk of any student, scholar, or informed member of the public with an interest in the field.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eSimone Bacchini, \u003cem\u003eReference Reviews,\u003c\/em\u003e Volume 30, Number 7, 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e   \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Donsbach\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communication and founding director of the Department of Communication at Dresden University of Technology, Germany. Donsbach served as the Editor-in-Chief for the 12 volume ICA \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2008) and is also the Series Editor for the ICA-Wiley-Blackwell \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedias of Communication.\u003c\/i\u003e From 1995 to 1996 he was president of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) and from 2004 to 2005 president of the International Communication Association (ICA). He was editor of the International \u003ci\u003eJournal of Public Opinion Research\u003c\/i\u003e and serves, among others, on the editorial boards of \u003ci\u003eJournal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eCommunication Theory, Human Communication Research, and the Central European Journal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e. Donsbach is an ICA Fellow and recipient of WAPOR’s Helen-Dinerman-Award for extraordinary achievements in public opinion research. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Wiley Blackwell and The International Communication Association (ICA), \u003ci\u003eThe Concise Encyclopedia of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible, authoritative and interdisciplinary single-volume work. Taking and updating key knowledge from the twelve-volume \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, this exciting new workis a valuable and practical reference for the field.\u003c\/p\u003e With around 600 of contributions from the leading scholars in the field, the encyclopedia contains the most relevant headwords of communication science and represents the best and most up-to-date international research in this dynamic and interdisciplinary area. 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