Black Pioneers in Communication Research

Ronald L. Jackson II - University of Cincinnati, USA
Sonja M. Brown Givens - University of Alabama at Huntsville

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Black Studies | Communication Research Methods | Intercultural Communication

July 2012 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This ground-breaking work explores the conceptual contributions of Black scholars to communication studies. It is the only book in the field of communication that, through personal interviews with many of these living pioneers, systematically exploring their lives, careers, and pioneering contributions, which have shaped various contours of humanistic and social scientific inquiry within communication studies and beyond.

Introduction

1. Molefi Kete Asante

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

2. Donald E. Bogle

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

3. Hallie Quinn Brown

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

4. Melbourne S. Cummings

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

5. Jack L. Daniel

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

6. Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

7. Stuart Hall

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

8. Marsha Houston

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

9. Joni Jones/Iya Omi Osun Olomo

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

10. Dorthy L. Pennington

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

11. Orlando L. Taylor

Introduction

Biographical Information

Academic Background and Experience

Contributions to Communication Research

Conclusion

References

Index

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Ronald L. Jackson II

Ronald L. Jackson II (Ph. D., Howard University) is Associate Professor of Culture and Communication Theory in the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He is author of The Negotiation of Cultural Identity (Praeger Press), Think About It! (Iuniverse.com), African American Communication: Identity and Culture (with Michael Hecht and Sidney Ribeau; Erlbaum Publishers). Forthcoming are five books entitled: African American Rhetorics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (with Elaine Richardson; Southern Illinois University Press); Scripting the Black Masculine Body in Popular Media:... More About Author

Sonja M. Brown Givens

Sonja M. Brown Givens is Assistant Professor of Interpersonal Communication in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Her research interests include the influence of mass mediated portrayals of socially marginalized groups on social decision making processes. Her collaborative work appears in Quarterly Journal of Speech with Dr. Celeste Condit from the University of Georgia. Her latest manuscript entitled “Mammies, Jezebels, and other controlling imagery: An examination of the influence of televised stereotypes of perceptions of an African American woman” is currently under review for Media... More About Author

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