The Social Psychology of Communication

1. Introduction: Towards an ‘Interfield’ Approach
Derek Hook, Bradley Franks, Helen Amelia Green

Part I. Introducing the Social Psychology of Communication

2. The Developmental Impact of Communicative Interaction
Joanne Hardman

3. Dialogue, Critical Consciousness, and Praxis
Cathy Vaughan

4. Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Multicultural Life
Ama Aikins

5. Social Influence: Modes and Modalities
Gordon Sammut, Martin W. Bauer

6. Pragmatic Theory and Social Relations
Bradley Franks, Helen Amelia Green

7. Communicative Action and the Dialogical Imagination
Sandra Jovchelovitch

Part II. Special Topics in Communication

8. Representations, Identity, and Resistance in Communication
Caroline Howarth

9. Rumours and Gossip as Genres of Communication
Bradley Franks, Sharon Attia

10. Empty and Full Speech
Derek Hook

11. Communication as Rhetoric and Argumentation
Martin W. Bauer, Vlad P. Glăveanu

12. Evolution and Communication
Bradley Franks, Japinder Dhesi

Part III. Applied Areas and Practice

13. Religion as Communication
Edmund Arens

14. Mediated Health Campaigns: From Information to Social Change
Catherine Campbell, Kerry Scott

15. The Social Psychology of Political Communication
Matthew C. Nisbet, Lauren Feldman

16. Science Communication
Jane Gregory

Nyckelord: Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Sociology of Culture, Media Studies, Community and Environmental Psychology, Psychology Research, Corporate Communication/Public Relations