Approaches to Human Communication.

This anthology of essays approaches human communication from the points of view of: anthropology, art biology, economics, encounter groups, semantics, general system theory, history, information theory, international behavior, journalism, linguistics, mass media, neurophysiology, nonverbal behavior, organizational behavior, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, speech, symbolic interaction, therapeutic transactions, and zoology. As a group, the essays form a body that is basic, yet comprehensive, human communication study. Each essay includes a list of further readings drawn from primary works in the various views of the field of communications. (CH)