Communication Activism Volume One: Communication for Social Change (Frey, Carragee)

Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-696-8 Price:$95.00 Title: Communication Activism Volume One Sub-title: Communication for Social Change Editor(s): Lawrence R. Frey and Kevin M. Carragee Publish Date: April 2007 Pages: 440 Format: Cloth

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The need for communication scholars to engage in direct vigorous action in support of needed social change has never been more apparent and important, for there is no shortage of social issues and problems that demand attention. In short, communication scholars need to engage in "communication activism." The two volumes showcase how scholars have engaged in communication activism to assist individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to secure social reform. Volume 1 presents research studies that promote public dialogue, debate, and discussion and that demonstrate how communication consulting can be used to accomplish needed social change. Together the two texts demonstrate the significant effects that communication scholars, working from many different theoretical and methodological traditions within the discipline, can have on promoting social change, especially for those who are most marginalized, when they engage in communication activism. Contents: Introduction, Lawrence R. Frey & Kevin M. Carragee. Promoting Public Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion. Promoting Deliberative Democracy through Dialogue: Communication Contributions to a Grassroots Movement for Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation, Spoma Jovanovic, Carol Steger, Sarah Symonds, and Donata Nelson. Public Dialogue as Communication Activism: Lessons Learned from Engaging in Community-Based Action Research, Carey Adams, Charlene Berquist, Randy Dillon, and Gloria Galanes. Assessing the Civil Rights Health of Communities: Engaged Scholarship through Dialogue, Mark P. Orbe. The Urban Debate League Rhetorical Vision: Empowering Marginalized Voices for Leadership and Activism, Donald C. Shields and C. Thomas Preston, Jr. “You are Fit for Something Better”: Communicating Hope in Anti-War Activism, Stephen John Hartnett. Communication Consulting for Social Change. Community Activist and Communication Consultant: Managing the Dialectics of Outsider-Within Status at a Sexual Assault Recovery Services Center, Robbin D. Crabtree and Leigh Arden Ford. Facilitating Death Talk: Creating Collaborative Courtroom Conversations about the Death Penalty between Attorneys and Jurors, Sunwolf. Facilitating Consensus in an Anti-Globalization Affinity Group, David L. Palmer. “I’m Glad You Feel Comfortable Enough to Tell Me That”: Participatory Action Research for Better Health Care for Women who Partner with Women, Shelly Campo and M. Somjen Frazer. Smoking out the Opposition: The Rhetoric of Reaction and the Kentucky Cigarette Excise Tax Campaign, Stuart L. Esrock, Joy L. Hart, and Greg Leichty. The Organizational Consultant as Activist: A Case Study of a Nonprofit Organization. Leah Ritchie. About the Editors and Authors. Author Index. Subject Index.