Research Catalog

Title

Good to talk? : living and working in a communication culture / Deborah Cameron.

Author

Cameron, Deborah, 1958-

Publication

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2000.

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Details

Description

viii, 213 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Good to Talk? is an attempt to look critically at what lies behind this upsurge of concern about talk in our workplaces, classrooms and private lives. It places these developments in historical context and relates their forms to the broader economic and social changes associated with globalization." "The book also poses questions about the social and political implications of talking about talking. Is 'communication' the key to solving the problems of modern life? Are the lessons in talking that are offered to us now the ones we most urgently need to learn? Is it time to challenge prevailing beliefs about what makes it good to talk?"--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Living and working in a communication culture

Subject

• Communication
• Oral communication
• Communication
• 77.63 social interaction and relations
• Konversation
• Kommunikation
• Interaktion
• Verbale communicatie
• Communication orale

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Good to talk? -- Codifying 'communication': knowledge, authority and standards -- Talk as enterprise: communication and culture change at work -- Communication factories: inside the call centre -- Schooling spoken discourse -- Communication and the pursuit of happiness.

ISBN

• 0761957707
• 9780761957706
• 0761957715
• 9780761957713

LCCN

• 00267381
• 9780761957713

OCLC

• ocm44481374
• 44481374
• SCSB-8811353

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library