Communication

Karl Erik Rosengren is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at University of Lund, Sweden.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Communication Elusive Phenomenon, Emergent Discipline PART TWO: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION Forms and Levels of Communication Some Elementary Distinctions Culture and Society, Media and Communication PART THREE: LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION Individual Communication Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Group Communication Organizational Communication Societal Communication, Mass Communication International and Intercultural Communication PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION The Future of Communication and Communication Research

This is one of the few books in cultural studies which tries to intergrate analysis of texts with contexts (i.e. representation, the production of representation and political economy)' - Critical Arts `An impressively clear and thoughtful introduction to communication science. Uniquely, this outlines the core integrating concepts of an emergent discipline, spanning interpersonal, group, organisational, mass-societal, and international levels of communication. This is an indispensable text for communication students' - Jay G Blumler, Emeritus Professor, The University of Leeds