Windahl, Sven.

Using communication theory: an introduction to planned communication/ Sven Windahl and Benno H. Signitzer with Jean T. Olson - New York: Sage, 2009. - ix, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Preface

Note on the New Edition

1 Introduction

Part I The Basics

2 Conceptual Tools

3 The Nature of Communication Planning

4 Not All Problems Are Communication Problems

5 Categorization of Basic Strategies

Part II Theoretical Approaches to Communication Planning

6 Multi-Step Flow Approaches (1); The Two-Step Model

7 Multi-Step Flow Approaches (2): Diffusion of Innovations Theory

8 A Network Approach

9 Systems Theory Perspectives

10 Social Marketing Perspectives

11 Communication Campaigns: A Meeting Place for Different Approaches

Part III The Elements of Mass Communication Theories

12 The Sender/Communicator

13 The Message

14 The Medium

15 The Audience

16 Effects

Afterword

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

9781412948395


Mass media--Planning
Communication planning
Communication--Philosophy

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