Communication Theory Through the Ages

Communication Theory Through the Ages presents communication theory as a journey through history by way of asking engaged questions. Encouraging intellectual vitality, the authors show students step by step how theoretical ideas are interconnected and lead to an increasingly complex understanding of communication. Students will be motivated to ask questions as they encounter historical figures, social events, and artifacts, resulting in a richer understanding of the biographical, cultural, and social context for communication theories.

Igor E. Klyukanov is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication Studies at Eastern Washington University, U.S.A. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and books in communication theory, semiotics, translation studies, general linguistics, and intercultural communication. His works have been published in the U.S., Russia, England, Spain, Costa Rica, Serbia, Bulgaria, India, and Morocco. His textbook Principles of Intercultural Communication has been adopted by over 30 colleges and universities in the U.S. His monograph A Communication Universe: Manifestations of Meaning, Stagings of Significance won the 2012 NCA Philosophy of Communication Division Distinguished Book Award. He is also the translator and editor of Mikhail Epstein’s book The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto. He served as an associate editor of The American Journal of Semiotics and is the founding editor of Russian Journal of Communication.

Galina V. Sinekopova is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication Studies at Eastern Washington University, U.S.A. She has published articles in such journals as Journal of Communications, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture. Recently, her chapter (co-authored with Igor E. Klyukanov) on the press in post-Soviet societies has appeared in The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory. She has presented her research at conferences in the U.S., Canada, China, Taiwan, Turkey, Russia, and Bulgaria. She served as a guest editor of two issues of International Journal of Communication.