The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition

This handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of theory, research, and applications of research in communication and social cognition.

Written by leading figures across an array of disciplines, chapters in this handbook explicate the interplay of communication and social cognition to form a vantage point for the study of concepts such as framing, stereotypes, social perceptions, mood and affect, intergroup conflict, media effects, decision-making, and language and thought that are widely used in the social, cognitive, and behavioral sciences. The book is divided into seven sections: the first two sections reflect basic discussions about how processes of thought and communication are related and how social realities are influenced by aspects of communication; Sections 3–6 address specified fields including interpersonal communication, communication between groups, digital communication, and communication in applied fields of marketing, media, and health; and the final section describes innovative methods to pursue the study of communication and social cognition.

This handbook integrates advances in theory and research that are rooted in and will be of interest to the fields of communication, psychology, cognitive science, media studies, linguistics, marketing, public health, management, and organizational studies.

Torsten Reimer is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Communication and Cognition lab at Purdue University, USA.

Lyn M. van Swol is Professor of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Arnd Florack is Full Professor of Psychology at University of Vienna, Austria, and currently head of the Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology.