This volume offers state-of-the-art communication research, representing media, interpersonal, intercultural and other areas of communication. It is an important reference on current research for scholars and students in the social sciences.

Contents: W.B. Gudykunst, Editor's Introduction. T.M. Harrison, L. Falvey, Democracy and New Communication Technologies. P.M. Napoli, The Federal Communications Commission and the Communication Policymaking Process: Theoretical Perspectives and Recommendations for Future Research. W.P. Eveland, Jr., S. Dunwoody, Applying Research on the Uses and Cognitive Effects of Hypermedia to the Study of the World Wide Web. A.I. Nathanson, Mediation of Children's Television Viewing: Working Toward Conceptual Clarity and Common Understanding. S.A. Gunaratne, Convergence: Informatization, World System, and Developing Countries. R.L. Johannesen, Communication Ethics: Centrality, Trends, and Controversies. J.G. Oetzel, T.E. Burtis, M.I.C. Sanchez, F.G. Pérez, Investigating the Role of Communication in Culturally Diverse Work Groups: A Review and Synthesis. E.G. Bormann, J.F. Cragen, D.C. Shields, Three Decades of Developing, Grounding, and Using Symbolic Convergence Theory. J.M. Honeycutt, S.G. Ford, Mental Imagery and Intrapersonal Communication: A Review of Research on Imagined Interactions (IIs) and Current Developments. A.C. Cargile, J.J. Bradac, Attitudes Toward Language: A Review of Speaker-Evaluation Research and a General Process Model.