The SAGE Handbook of Family Communication

Editors: Turner, Lynn H. and West, Richard
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-48-334595-6
Category: Social Sciences - Media & Communications
Image Count: 3
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

The Sage Handbook of Family Communication provides a comprehensive examination of family communication theory and research. Chapters by leading scholars in family communication expand the definition of family, address recent shifts in culture, and cover important new topics, including families in crisis, families and governmental policies, social media, and extended families.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Family Communication Tree: Deep Roots, Strong Branches
  • PART I: FOUNDATIONS
  • Chapter 1. The Challenge of Defining “Family”
  • Chapter 2. Constructing a Cultural Identity Through Family Communication
  • Chapter 3. Theoretical Approaches to Family Communication
  • Chapter 4. Research Methods and the Study of Family Communication Practices
  • PART II: FAMILY BEHAVIORS AND DYNAMICS
  • Chapter 5. Communicated Narrative Sense-Making: Understanding Family Narratives, Storytelling, and the Construction of Meaning Through a Communicative Lens
  • Chapter 6. Family Conflict and Communication
  • Chapter 7. Intimacy and Family Communication
  • Chapter 8. Communication and Family Violence: A Review of Recent Scholarship
  • Chapter 9. Social Support Processes in the Family
  • Chapter 10. Stress and Coping in Families: A Review and Synthesis of the Communication Research
  • Chapter 11. Examining Family Secrets From a Communication Perspective
  • Chapter 12. Family and Partner Communication About Sex
  • PART III: FAMILY FORMS
  • Chapter 13. Intergenerational Family Relationships
  • Chapter 14. Communication in Adult Sibling Relationships
  • Chapter 15. Communication in Lesbian and Gay Families
  • Chapter 16. Communication in Postdivorce and Stepfamily Relationships
  • Chapter 17. Aging Families and Family Communication
  • PART IV: FAMILY INTERFACES
  • Chapter 18. Organized Religion and Family Communication: Support and Oppression
  • Chapter 19. Education and Family Communication
  • Chapter 20. Families Communicating About Health
  • Chapter 21. Work and Family Communication
  • Chapter 22. It's All in the Family: A Historical Analysis of Diversity and Family Communication Within Television Sitcoms
  • PART V: EMERGING TOPICS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
  • Chapter 23. Families and Technologically Assisted Communication
  • Chapter 24. Communication in Military Families Across the Deployment Cycle
  • Chapter 25. Positive Family Communication: Toward a New Normal
  • Chapter 26. Familial Solidarity and Religious Identity: Communication and Interfaith Families
  • Epilogue: On Family Communication's Search for Meaning
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors