No, it’s not my mobile phone or my PDA. It’s Em Griffin’s A First Look at Communication Theory (6th ed.; Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006) that I use in my Comm. Arts 101/Introduction to Communication Theories class of first-year Comm. Arts students.
The search for what textbook to use as primary source for my students was almost a lost cause. Over the six years I’ve taught the course, my students would complain of how Stephen Littlejohn’s communication theory textbook was too dense and heavy going for them, or how Julia Wood’s textbook — while an easy read — would leave them hankering for more info. Of course, I would advise them to juggle the two so I’d get better responses during class discussions. Read more »
