Communication: A Critical / Cultural Introduction

Thinking Critically About Communication in Culture The Foundations of Our Dialogue: Terms and Common Understandings Words for Change: The Power of Communication Public Advocacy: Process and Responsibilities Communication and Power: A Cultural History The Rhetorical Tradition The Elocution Era The Move to Science Social Constructionism The Critical/Cultural Turn A Moral: Lessons From Our Story of a Discipline Public Advocacy: Purpose, Audience, and Voice Public Advocacy: Commitments and Responsibility What Is Public Advocacy? A Model for Advocacy: Paulo Freire Listening as Public Advocacy Public Advocacy: Integrity in Argumentation COMMUNICATION PROCESSES AND SKILLS Identity and Perception Who Is Harper? Three Communication Paradigms Public Advocacy: Perception and Audience Analysis Language and Culture Semiotics: Structure and Symbols A Post-Semiotic Approach to Language Language as Constitutive: Ideology and Everyday Speech Public Advocacy: Inclusive Language Embodied Knowing and Nonverbal Communication Body Epistemology: Knowing Body Identity: Being Body Language: Communicating Body Intentionality Public Advocacy: The Body as a Resource COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS Language and Power in Our Cultural Lives Culture Is Static Culture and Power Are Separate Stereotypes Are Built on Truths Progress Is Progress Colorblindness Is Progress We're All Making a Big Deal Out of Nothing From Myths to Critical Understanding Public advocacy: Academic Integrity and Citationality Cultural Relations: Relationships in Culture Of Self and Other Of Frames and Play Of Patterns and Rituals Of Change and Relational Dialectics Of I and Thou Public Advocacy: Building Relationships, Context, and Listening Mediated Culture(s) Con-constitution: Media in Our Cultural Lives Consuming Mediated Messages Your Mediated Self Surveillance Media Use, Culture(s) and Power Resistance Public Advocacy: Visual Aids and Organization Communication as a Means of Social Action Discipline Simulacra Difference Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Nihilism Public Advocacy: Tactics for Social Action