Encyclopedia of communication and information /

Schement, Jorge Reina , ed.

Encyclopedia of communication and information / edited by Jorge Reina Schement. - New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2002. - 3 v. : ill. 29 cm.

Contains information in all aspects of communication and information. It also facilitates the readers' knowledge, introduces a career, and enhances a teacher's course materials.

Covers eight general topics namely:Careers(e.g.journalist,librarian,publicist,researcher,teacher),Information science(e.g.human-computer interaction,information storage and retrieval),Information technologies(e.g.broadband,computers,the Internet,radio, telephony,television),Literacy (e.g.,computer literacy,media literacy,traditional literacy,)Institutional studies(e.g.elections,government policy,information society,law,media history),Interpersonal communication(e.g.groups,organizations,relationships,rhetorics),Library science(e.g.cataloguing,library functions,text-based literacy),Media effects(e.g.advertising,alcohol,dependence,interventions,opinions,opinion formation,public health campaigns).


Communication