Jason S. Wrench – författare

Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach is a relevant and accessible guide to quantitative research. In clear, straightforward language, the authors encourage students to take an active, hands-on role in the learning process, giving them the tools they need to locate, conduct, collect and present their research. The authors use real communication studies and data sets to make communication research come alive for students. Students are not only introduced to new skills but also given the opportunity to immediately apply these skills in research scenarios. The text integrates helpful features throughout, including chapter objectives, case studies, data sheets, and key terms.

Students engaged in case analysis learn to think, analyse, react and evaluate so that they develop transferable critical, analytical, problem focused skills. Casing Public Relations features more than thirty intriguing fictional case study scenarios that all levels of decision makers in our media and social media saturated world may face.

Highlights the world of training and development while exploring the two basic factors (training and performance improvement) related to it. Written by authors with education, communication and industrial/organisational psychology backgrounds, this is an informative, practical publication for undergraduate courses and professional use.

Applies the proven concept of active learning to undergraduate and entry-level graduate courses in sport communication. Students engaged in case analysis learn to think, analyse, react, and evaluate so that they develop transferable critical, analytical, problem-focused skills that they can transfer to other situations.

The Impact of Social Media in Modern Romantic Relationships is the communication field’s most major, comprehensive volume of the study of social media and romantic relationship development. It is the first volume in the discipline of communication studies intended to provide an overview of romantic development that includes all types of social media, such as Tinder and Facebook. The volume contains several major communication and media scholars who have researched social media and romantic relationship development.

New Second Edition Coming Soon!Casing Organizational Communication Demonstrates Communication Theory via Real-World ExamplesOne of the biggest challenges organizational communication instructors face is that most students have minimal or no corporate experience. As such, showing students how to apply the theoretical content of organizational communication, or how to employ the skills discussed in organizational communication, is quite difficult because they do not immediately see the utility. Casing Organizational Communication offers practical examples of a wide range of different topics.The NEW Volume 2 of Casing Organizational Communication: Represents the culmination of a century of understanding about how students learn and apply business related concepts, skills, and theory. Integrates 22 brand-new readings / case studies from a myriad of perspectives.  Contains decision-based cases, or cases that require the reader to come to some kind of decision. The reader is 1) introduced to the main character; 2) introduced to others involved in the case; 3) presented with the main communication problem; and 4) prompted to come up with the decision the main character should make.Guides the reader through the decision-making process.