Contending with Codes in a World of Difference: Transforming a Theory of Human Communication (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1683932935 ISBN 13: 9781683932932

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Whenever and wherever people communicate, they contend with powerful and sometimes hidden systems of symbols, meanings, premises, and rules pertaining to communicative conduct, i.e, speech codes.
Adding to thirty years of cultural communication research, this ground-breaking volume presents readers with a new set of original, fieldwork-based case studies that examine speech codes in on- and offline settings around the world. Most importantly, Contending with Codes in a World of Difference culminates with a newly updated, expanded, and re-energized version of speech codes theory, well-suited to the contemporary study of communication and culture.
Co-edited by Dr. Gerry Philipsen, the originator of speech codes theory, and Dr. Tabitha Hart, a fellow speech codes scholar, this edited collection is filled with examples, stories, and transcripts illustrating how to locate speech codes in a cultural arena; how to discern what speech codes reveal about local culture; what happens when multiple speech codes are in play; and how people resist, challenge, negotiate, or reconcile contending speech codes.
Offering theoretical and methodological guidance for researchers and practical insight for students, practitioners, and laypeople, this book is essential for anyone interested in learning more about the art of contending with speech codes in a world of difference.

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About the Author

Mark Ward Sr. is Professor of Communication at the University of Houston - Victoria and serves on the Executive Council of the Religious Communication Association (RCA) and the Editorial Board of The Journal of Communication and Religion. His books include Deadly Documents: Organizational Discourse, Technical Communication, and the Holocaust (2014); Organizational Communication: Theory, Research, and Practice (2015); The Electronic Church in the Digital Age: Cultural Impacts of Evangelical Mass Media, Vol. 1 & 2 (2016); The Lord's Radio: Gospel Music Broadcasting and the Making of Evangelical Culture, 1920-1960 (2017), God Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Communication (2022), and Inside Evangelicalism: The Culture of Conservative White Christianity (Lexington Books, 2025).

Edition details

• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683932935
• ISBN 13: 9781683932932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Philipsen Gerry, Hart Tabitha