@article{1434769,
      recid = {1434769},
      author = {Chen, Yanru.},
      title = {Innovations in communication theories : the man is the  message /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource (211 pages)},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This book offers a novel approach to innovations in  theories of communication and social development. It  proposes that "the man is the message". It argues that  communication is woven into the fabric of peoples daily  lives, and a scholar with a keen eye, an open heart and an  inquiring mind should be able to capture the ubiquitous  phenomena of communication and turn them into theoretical  observations and even innovations. Although most of the  propositions in this book cannot be tested empirically, at  least for now, owing to the limitations inherent in current  research methods, they complement the empirical studies of  communication based on measurement. With due understanding  that Western social sciences, including communication  studies, focus on analytical thinking and the fine division  of disciplines, this book takes a more synthetic approach  to analyzing communication, often integrating and  contextualizing its various factors and channels and  categories in analysis and writing. Providing a holistic  picture of communication that features the crux of the  matterhow to reach and capture the heart and soul of people  without any attempt to manipulate their minds, it is more  humanistic than many other books on communication studies.  Although much of the thinking in the book is seemingly  Chinese, it nevertheless has a universal appeal.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434769},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8415-2},
}