Comparatively Speaking: Communication and Culture across Space and Time.

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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENT APPROACHES An Introduction to Comparative Communication Research - Jay G Blumler, Jack M McLeod and Karl Erik Rosengren Managing Theoretical Diversity in Cross-National Studies of Political Communication - David L Swanson Comparison, Yes, But -- the Case of Technological and Cultural Change - James R Beniger PART TWO: EXEMPLARS Applying a Comparative Approach to Expectancy Violations Theory - Judee K Burgoon The Dynamics of Cable Television in the United States, Britain and France - William H Dutton and Thierry Vedel Mothers and Lovers - Tamar Liebes and Sonia M Livingstone Managing Women's Role Conflicts in American and British Soap Operas The Summit as Media Event - Daniel C Hallin and Paolo Mancini The Reagan/Gorbachev Meeting on US, Italian and Soviet Television The Structural Invariance of Change - Karl Erik Rosengren Comparative Studies of Media Use (Some Results from a Swedish Research Program) Magazine Advertising Content in Sweden and the United States - Kjell Nowak Stable Patterns of Change, Variable Levels of Stability Communication and Cultural Change in China - Steven H Chaffee and Godwin Chu Theories on Interpersonal Communication Styles from a Japanese Perspective - Youichi Ito A Sociological Approach PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS Comparative Communication Research - Karl Erik Rosengren, Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler From Exploration to Consolidation