Summary
Chapters
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Professors Richard West and Lynn Turner explain their work in family communication, distinguishing it from family therapy, discussing different ways to define family, and bringing cultural factors into their field.
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Chapter 1: What Does Family Communication Mean to You, or How Would You Describe it to Your Students?
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Chapter 2: Why is Family Communication an Important or Relevant Area of Study for Today's Students?
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Chapter 3: What First Inspired You to Research the Area of Family Communication?
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Chapter 4: What Key Thinkers/Researchers/ Practitioners Have Most Inspired You, and Who Continues to Influence You?
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Chapter 5: What are Some of the Biggest Contributions that Research in Family Communication has Made for Society?
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Chapter 6: What are the Key Debates or Research Questions in Family Communication?
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Chapter 7: How has the Field of Family Communication Changed in Recent Years, and What Developments do You Consider Most Significant?
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Chapter 8: How has Technology Influenced Family Communication? What Improvements has Technology Caused? What Challenges has it Caused?
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Chapter 9: How Important are Research Methodology and Methods for a Rigorous Analysis of Family Communication?
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Chapter 10: What are Some Practical Benefits of Studying Family Communication for a Student's Future Academic or Professional Career?
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Chapter 11: What Would you Identify as the Key Challenges of a Course in Family Communication for a Student, and What Strategies Would you Advise Them to Counter These Challenges?
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Chapter 12: What are Some Misconceptions About the Field of Family Communication That You Would Like to Dispel?
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Chapter 13: What new Research Directions do You Find Most Exciting?
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Chapter 14: Where Would You Like to Take Your own Research? Where do You See the Field of Family Communication Going Over the Next Several Years?
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