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Oral communication. Speech

  • Studies of Laughter in Interactionby Phillip Glenn; Elizabeth Holt

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 115.99

    Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute... more...

  • Studies of Laughter in Interactionby Phillip Glenn; Elizabeth Holt

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 115.99

    Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute... more...

  • Perspectives on the Study of Speechby P. D. Eimas; J. L. Miller

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00

    Published in the year 1982, Perspectives on the Study of Speech is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology. more...

  • On Dialogueby David Bohm

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 19.95

    Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening and more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations, businesses and societies. Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning and to achieve harmony. He identified creative dialogue, a sharing of assumptions... more...

  • Alternative and Activist New Mediaby Leah Lievrouw

    Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95

    Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies to gain visibility and voice, present alternative or marginal views, share their own DIY information systems and content, and otherwise resist, talk back... more...

  • Castells and the Mediaby Philip N. Howard

    Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95

    One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life. Politicians can no longer run for office without a digital media strategy, new communication technologies are a fundamental infrastructure for the economy, and... more...

  • Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Pressby Michael Schudson

    Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95

    Journalism does not create democracy and democracy does not invent journalism, but what is the relationship between them? This question is at the heart of this book by world renowned sociologist and media scholar Michael Schudson. Focusing on the U.S. media but seeing them in a comparative context, Schudson brings his understanding of news as at once... more...

  • Controversies in Policy Researchby Stephanie Petrie

    Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00

    Under the themes of Justice, Participation and Social Exclusion contributors explore and discuss the impact on those targeted or excluded by important public and social policies in European countries. Contexts, consequences and controversies current in the global North are uncovered highlighting the ethical implications for policy research. more...

  • The Ironic Spectatorby Lilie Chouliaraki

    Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95

    This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed  in our media environment. It argues that stories where famine is described through our own experience of dieting  or or where solidarity with Africa translates into wearing a cool armband tell us about much more than the cause that they attempt to... more...

  • Statistical Methods for Spoken Dialogue Managementby Blaise Thomson

    Springer 2013; US$ 99.99

    Speech is the most natural mode of communication and yet attempts to build systems which support robust habitable conversations between a human and a machine have so far had only limited success. A key reason is that current systems treat speech input as equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behaviour is controlled by predefined scripts that try to... more...