John Spinda
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Website : SAGE Publications
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Clemson University. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008) served as the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Elihu Katz was an American sociologist who significantly contributed to the study of mass communication. Some of his most notable work included research on such topics as the intersection of mass communication and interpersonal communication, media uses and gratifications, and media effects. Katz…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Political Communication (2008)
"Political communication began with the earliest studies of democratic discourse by Aristotle and Plato. However, modern political communication relies on an interdisciplinary base, which draws on concepts from communication, political science, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, rhetoric, and others. This two-volume resource considers political communication from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the many different roles that communication plays in political processes in...
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