Communication, a different kind of horserace : essays honoring Richard F. Carter / edited by Brenda Dervin, Steven H. Chaffee, with Lois Foreman-Wernet.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Brenda Dervin and Steven H. Chaffee -- 1. A Paradigmatic View / Steven H. Chaffee -- 2. Myth and Reality in Scientific Discovery: The Case of Agenda Setting Theory / Maxwell McCombs -- 3. Community "Embeddedness" and the Diffusion of Local News / Bradley S. Greenberg, Walter Gantz and Jeffrey E. Brand -- 4. Does Mass Communication Contribute to Public Understanding of Environmental Problems? / Keith Stamm -- 5. Information Needs and the News Environment / Fiona Chew -- 6. Constructing Public Relations Theory and Practice / James E. Grunig -- 7. A Theoretical Explication of Collective Life: Coorienting and Communicating / Hak-Soo Kim -- 8. Double-Clicking to Disaster: The Dark Side of the Web / Arnold H. Ismach -- 9. Mapping the News of the World / Robert L. Stevenson -- 10. Is Knowledge "Power" or "Pain"? The Implications of Knowledge-Information in the Socio-Cultural Context of Korean Society / Sung Gwan Park -- 11. Systems, Gaps, and Communication / Thomas L. Jacobson -- 12. Technology/Media/Body Complex: Toward the Synchronics of the New Media / Joseph J. Pilotta -- 13. Uncertainty and the Fragmentation of Knowledge / L. David Ritchie -- 14. Shouting Fire in a Crowded Classroom: From Holmes to Homeroom / Jeremy Cohen -- 15. On the Necessity of Theorizing Responsive Media Design / Brenda Dervin and Lois Foreman-Wernet -- 16. Richard F. Carter and the Science of Communication / Phillip J. Tichenor -- 17. Methodologist, Theorist, Thinker, and Bridge Player / Edwin B. Parker -- 18. A Note of Gratitude / Godwin Chu -- 19. Nothing Much About Ado / Henry Breitrose -- 20. Dick Carter and Me / Lee Ruggels -- 21. In Our Cooperstown / Steven H. Chaffee -- 22. The Master Detective / Maxwell McCombs -- 23. Recollections of a Methodological Primer / Ronald H. Pyszka -- 24. Relevance, Pertinence, and Salience Revisited / Scott Ward -- 25. It's Easier to Throw a Ball Than to Catch One / James E. Grunig -- 26. Seeing Past the Surface / Keith Stamm -- 27. Making Sense out of Nonsense: A Personal Excursion / Lawrence Bowen -- 28. On Being Understood - Or Not / Alex Edelstein -- 29. Message for Richard Carter / Peter Clarke -- 30. Considering Carter's Theoretical Methodology / Robert L. Stevenson -- 31. A Shining Light in a Long Tunnel: Richard F. Carter / Arnold H. Ismach -- 32. A Generous Mentor and Adviser / Robert J. Weis -- 33. So Great a Mind / Hak-Soo Kim -- 34. The Zero Problem, Richard F. Carter, and Me / Brenda Dervin -- 35. A Good Question / L. David Ritchie -- 36. Exploring Interactivity / Debra Lieberman -- 37. Those Who Can, Do. Those Who Know, Can / Kathleen D. Clark -- 38. Richard F. Carter: Memorabilia / Thomas L. Jacobson -- 39. A Short Biography and Bibliography of Richard F. Carter / Steven H. Chaffee and Brenda Dervin -- 40. How Carter Helps: Aphorisms as Traces / Brenda Dervin and Steven H. Chaffee -- 41. Communication: A Harder Science / Richard F. Carter.

"Richard F. Carter was involved in the development of the communication field almost from the beginning. Most closely associated with the mass communication tradition, he has nevertheless become a source of theoretical and methodological illumination for scholars in widely disparate areas. This book brings together 15 exemplar chapters illustrating the applications of Carter's work to specific avenues of scholarship and 23 commentaries that focus on Carter's academic life in the context of the communication field's history. The volume includes a chronology of Carter's professional life and a bibliography of his works; it concludes with an original essay by Carter."--BOOK JACKET.

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