Communication Criticism
eBook - PDF

Communication Criticism

Developing Your Critical Powers

  1. 235 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Communication Criticism

Developing Your Critical Powers

About this book

Designed specifically for noncommunication scholars, Communication Criticism is an informally written, practical guide about how to think, how to communicate effectively, and how to filter meaning out of the swarm of communication that seeks our attention daily. Undergraduates will learn how understanding the fundamental principles of communication helps them judge the potential effectiveness, effects, truths, and ethics of all types of communication from classical "soapbox speeches" to reading a magazine, talking to a boy/girlfriend, watching court proceedings, or watching the TV news. In a format similar to most public speaking courses, author Jodi R. Cohen introduces classical theories of rhetoric at the beginning of each chapter, then expands the discussion with contemporary postmodern theories, touching on concerns with aesthetics and cultural bias as well. Question-and-answer sections in each chapter and many specific, down-to-earth examples will attract and encourage students to harness the power of communication that shapes who we are, what we know, and what we do. A highly practical resource, Communication Criticism is the ideal for professionals in popular culture, media studies, mass communication, and film studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Editor's Introduction
  4. Preface: Author's Notes on the Philosophy and Design of the Book
  5. Unit I - An Introduction to Communication and Criticism
  6. Chapter 1 - The Need to Think Critically about Communication
  7. Chapter 2 - How to Think Critically about Communication
  8. Unit II - Critical Concepts That Focus on Language
  9. Chapter 3 - Language as Style
  10. Chapter 4 - Language as Sign Systems
  11. Chapter 5 - Language as Metaphor
  12. Unit III - Critical Concepts That Focus on Structure
  13. Chapter 6 - Structure as Organization
  14. Chapter 7 - Structure as Editing Images
  15. Chapter 8 - Structure as Narrative
  16. Chapter 9 - Structure as Drama
  17. Unit IV - Critical Concepts That Focus on Reasoning
  18. Chapter 10 - Reasoning as Rhetorical Argument
  19. Chapter 11 - Reasoning as Field-Dependent Argument
  20. Chapter 12 - Reasoning as Narrative
  21. Unit V - Critical Concepts That Focus on Character
  22. Chapter 13 - Character as Ethos
  23. Chapter 14 - Character as the Second Persona
  24. Chapter 15 - Character as Identification
  25. Unit VI - Critical Concepts That Focus on Emotion
  26. Chapter 16 - Emotion as Pathos
  27. Chapter 17 - Emotion as Desire
  28. Unit VII - Developing Critical Powers
  29. Chapter 18 - Critical Powers Over Who We are, What We Know, and What We do
  30. Glossary of Key Concepts
  31. Index
  32. About the Author