Extending the scholarship presented in the first two volumes of Communication Activism, the studies in this volume offer further rich examples of communication scholars using their theories, methods, pedogogies, and other practices with those who are marginalized and oppressed to promote social justice. Going beyond traditional research that describes, interprets, sometimes critiques, and occasionally offers recommendations, these scholars studied communication interventions that they conducted to do something about a variety of social issues. This exemplary set of studies demonstrates how communication activism for social justice scholarship transforms researchers from being spectators who stand outside the stream of human activity to scholar-activists who actively work with diverse groups to confront the significant social justice issues characterizing contemporary life

These two texts showcase how scholars have engaged in communication activism to assist individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to secure social reform. Volume 2 focuses on research studies that show how media can be managed to promote social change and how performance can serve as an important form of communication activism. Together, these two volumes demonstrate the significant effects that communication scholars, working from many different theoretical and methodological traditions, can have on promoting social change, especially for those who are most marginalized, when they engage in communication activism.

Product Description: These two texts showcase how scholars have engaged in communication activism to assist individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to secure social reform. Volume 1 presents research studies that promote public dialogue, debate, and discussion and that demonstrate how communication consulting can be used to accomplish needed social change...read more

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Product Description: New Directions in Group Communication takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature...read more

Product Description: The Handbook of Group Communication Theory and Research establishes a central resource for the field, documenting and synthesizing the work done in group communication's 50-year history. With contributions from the most experienced and respected scholars in the field, the editors present an overview of group communication study and examine a variety of theoretical positions and methodological practices...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of group communication explores processes and behaviors that members of decision-making groups can use to accomplish their goals. The text' s unique lifespan approach focuses on the changing communication and decision-making patterns that occur as individuals and groups evolve...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text presents studies that examine the use of facilitation techniques to help groups in natural settings interact more effectively to accomplish their goals. Topics covered include promoting effective group decision making and developing feedback techniques for empowering groups...read more

Product Description: Given the importance of groups to the social, political, economic, educational, and moral fibre of our society, and the centrality of communication to group life, it is surprising how little we know about the way people communicate in groups...read more

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