New chapter on intimacy through computer-mediated communication discusses Joe Walther's Social Information Processing.
Three chapters have been revised to include the work of related theorists. This includes Sandra Petronio's Communication Privacy Management in Chapter 9, Social Penetration; Neil Postman's Media Ecology in Chapter 24, Technological Determinism; and Patricia Collins' African-American Feminist Standpoint in Chapter 34, Standpoint Theory.
Six chapters feature an extension of content based on new work by the following theorists: Pearce and Cronen's Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)(Chapter 5), Delia's Constructivism (Chapter 8), Baxter and Montgomery's Relational Dialectics (Chapter 11), Deetz' Critical Theory (Chapter 20), Gudykunst's Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory (Chapter 30), and Philipsen's Communication Codes Theory (Chapter 32).
Three of the six ethical reflections discussions have been revised. These include: Cornel West's Prophetic Pragmatism (following Part Three: Group and Public Communication), Jurgen Habermas' Discourse Ethics (following Part Four: Mass Communication) and Seyla Benhabib's Interactive Universalism (following Part Five: Cultural Contexts).
"Second Look" citations have been updated in each chapter to reflect recent research.
15- 20 new and improved cartoons better illustrate theoretical ideas
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