The Meaning of Relationship in Interpersonal Communication

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Richard L. Conville, ed., L. Edna Rogers, ed.

ISBN: 0-275-95211-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95211-2

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216 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 4/30/1998

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Despite a growing emphasis on relationship studies in interpersonal communication, serious attention to the conceptual meaning of relationship has been limited. The purpose of this volume is to explore the meaning and use of relationship in interpersonal communication studies. The contributors to this volume, representatives of related, but differing perspectives, outline definitional boundaries and conceptual implications of the term stemming from their particular ontological and epistemological approaches. This volume provides an engaging and provocative examination of relationship by seasoned writers who are committed to seeing the field with new eyes. As such, the book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers in the field.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Ants to Elephants: A Comparative Perspective on the Meaning of Relationship by Jo Liska
Historical Frames of Relational Perspectives by John Stewart
Relationships and Communication: A Social Communication and Strongly Consequential View by Stuart J. Sigman
The Meaning of Relationship in Relational Communication by L. Edna Rogers
Giddens' Conception of Personal Relationships and Its Relevance to Communication Theory by Robert D. McPhee
"But I Thought That We Were More Than Error Variance": Application of the Social Relations Model to Personal Relationships by Sandra Metts
Narrative, Dialectic and Relationships by Richard L. Conville
Making Meanings with Friends by William K. Rawlins
References
Index

About the Author: RICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi.

L. EDNA ROGERS is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

LCC Class: 302


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