{"product_id":"making-social-worlds-9781405162609","title":"Making Social Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of CMM  Coordinated Management of Meaning  one of the groundbreaking theories of speech communication.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws upon advances in research for the most up-to-date concepts in speech communication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefines the ''critical moments'' of communication for students and practitioners; encouraging us to view communication as a two-sided process of coordinating actions and making\/managing meanings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions how we can intervene in dangerous or undesirable patterns of communication that will result in better social worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Making Social Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and gutsy volume readable by a range of audiences. The focus on critical interaction moments allows intelligent probing communication–based analyses of everything from couples fighting to wars and international relations. The conversational writing style kept me engaged from beginning to end.\" \u003ci\u003eStanley Deetz. Professor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDirector of Peace and Conflict Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNational Communication Association Distinguished Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInternational Communication Association Past-President and Fellow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is not only a marvelously lucid updating of CMM theory, it also demonstrates the broad applicability of this important conceptual work to problems and potentials of human communication.\" \u003ci\u003eKenneth J. Gergen, author of An Invitation to Social Construction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. Critical moments that shape our social worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Taking a communication perspective on social worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Paradigms and the “physics” of social worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Communication: Coordinating Actions and Making\/Managing Meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Doing things in communication: Speech acts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Episodes and patterns of communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Selves and forms of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Relationships and relational minds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Afterword: Something of a guide for using CMM.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407898354007,"sku":"9781405162609","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405162609.jpg?v=1730500890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-social-worlds-9781405162609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}