Table of Contents

Part 1: Foundations of Applied Communication Research Part 2: Methods of Applied Communication Research Part 3: Issues in Applied Communication Research Part 4: Contexts of Applied Communication Research Part 5: Exemplary Programs of Applied Communication Research

About the Author

Lawrence R. Frey (PhD, University of Kansas, 1979) is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on applied communication, quantitative and qualitative research methods, and group interaction. His applied communication scholarship focuses on communication activism, social justice, community studies, and health communication. He is the author or editor of 15 books, 3 special journal issues, and more than 65 journal articles and book chapters; and the recipient of 14 awards for scholarship, including the 2000 Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship from the National Communication Association (NCA). Kenneth N. Cissna (PhD, University of Denver, 1975) is a professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in interpersonal communication, group communication, and dialogue theory and practice. He has published scores of scholarly book chapters and journal articles, and five books. He served as editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research and of the Southern Communication Journal, and is past president of both the Florida Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA). His awards include SSCA's 2007 T. Earle Johnson--Edwin Paget Distinguished Service Award and NCA's 2008 Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship.

Reviews

"This valuable book will benefit both novice and experienced researchers in the conceptualization of their own research projects...Recommended." -CHOICE The Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research ... is a welcome addition to the literature concerning human communication in general, but also clearly to applied communication research in particular ... the quality of writing appearing in the Handbook is exemplary. --Dennis S. Gouran, Penn State; Published by the International Journal of Communication