"Ellis offers a unique perspective, combining traditional communication theory with media-, cultural-, and ethnic-communication theory....Ellis presents a thorough discussion of the cultural ramifications of volume and speed of modern communication and explores the micro and macro complexities of communication theory....This well-researched book with its extensive reference section should be considered by libraries supporting communication studies at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."—CHOICE"Ellis does an impressive job of providing a thorough and concise overview of the social construction of reality through communication from ethnicity and class 'stand-points'....Overall, this scholarly work is to be commended for tackling the idiosyncrasies of a discipline that continues to define itself....communication scholars will be sensitized to the saliency of research that brings diverse experiences from the margins and into the center."—Communication Theory"It is certainly an interesting book with a lot of information and a provocative attitude."—Discourse & Society

• Contents: Preface. Introduction. Constructing Communication Theory. Medium Theory. Meaning, Discourse, and Society. Principles of Interdependence and Structuration. Ethnicity and Its Shadow. Class: The Presence That Dare Not Speak Its Name. References.

"Ellis offers a unique perspective, combining traditional communication theory with media-, cultural-, and ethnic-communication theory....Ellis presents a thorough discussion of the cultural ramifications of volume and speed of modern communication and explores the micro and macro complexities of communication theory....This well-researched book with its extensive reference section should be considered by libraries supporting communication studies at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."—CHOICE"Ellis does an impressive job of providing a thorough and concise overview of the social construction of reality through communication from ethnicity and class 'stand-points'....Overall, this scholarly work is to be commended for tackling the idiosyncrasies of a discipline that continues to define itself....communication scholars will be sensitized to the saliency of research that brings diverse experiences from the margins and into the center."—Communication Theory"It is certainly an interesting book with a lot of information and a provocative attitude."—Discourse & Society

• Contents: Preface. Introduction. Constructing Communication Theory. Medium Theory. Meaning, Discourse, and Society. Principles of Interdependence and Structuration. Ethnicity and Its Shadow. Class: The Presence That Dare Not Speak Its Name. References.

"Ellis offers a unique perspective, combining traditional communication theory with media-, cultural-, and ethnic-communication theory....Ellis presents a thorough discussion of the cultural ramifications of volume and speed of modern communication and explores the micro and macro complexities of communication theory....This well-researched book with its extensive reference section should be considered by libraries supporting communication studies at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."—CHOICE"Ellis does an impressive job of providing a thorough and concise overview of the social construction of reality through communication from ethnicity and class 'stand-points'....Overall, this scholarly work is to be commended for tackling the idiosyncrasies of a discipline that continues to define itself....communication scholars will be sensitized to the saliency of research that brings diverse experiences from the margins and into the center."—Communication Theory"It is certainly an interesting book with a lot of information and a provocative attitude."—Discourse & Society

• Contents: Preface. Introduction. Constructing Communication Theory. Medium Theory. Meaning, Discourse, and Society. Principles of Interdependence and Structuration. Ethnicity and Its Shadow. Class: The Presence That Dare Not Speak Its Name. References.