The Coordinated Management of Meaning: A Festschrift in Honor of W. Barnett Pearce

by Stephen W. Littlejohn (Editor), Sheila McNamee University of New Hampshire and Vice President, the Taos Institute (Editor), Catherine Creede (Contribution by), Vernon E. Cronen (Contribution by), Robyn Penman (Contribution by)

Overview

This book honors the life and work of the late W. Barnett Pearce, a leading theorist in the communication field. The book is divided into four sections. The first section will lead with an essay by Barnett Pearce. This will be followed by sections on (1) practical theory, (2) dialogue, and (3) social transformation. In the broadest sense, these are probably the three general themes found in the work of Pearce and his colleagues. In another sense, these categories also identify three important dimensions of Pearce’s major contribution, the theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611475265
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Series:	The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Stephen W. Littlejohn is emeritus professor at Humboldt State University and now serves as adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico.

Sheila McNamee is professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire and vice president of the Taos Institute.

Table of Contents

Contents PART 1: AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE WITH MIRACLES AND HORIZONS Preface Chapter 1: At Home in the Universe with Miracles and Horizons: Reflections on Personal and Social Evolution By W. Barnett Pearce PART 2: PRACTICAL THEORY Chapter 2: CMM, Argumentation and Moral Force By Vernon Cronen Chapter : Enacting the Seventh Miracle: Elevating Generative Identity Stories as a Practice of Compassion By Catherine Creede Chapter 4: On Being Present and Participating: Projecting into 21st Century Media Life By Robyn Penman Chapter 5: Social Worlds in their Making: Systemic Thinking from within CMM By John Shotter and Cherrie Ravello Chapter 6: Communication, Competence, and Systemic Practice By J. Kevin Barge PART 3: DIALOGUE Chapter 7: Transforming Power through Systemic Questioning in Dialogue: A Perspective from the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) By Victoria Chen Chapter 8: Moral Conflict, Communication, and the Management of Difference By Stephen W. Littlejohn Chapter 9: Applying and Extending Principles of CMM to Framing and Conflict Transformation By Linda L. Putnam Chapter 10: Power and the Possibility of Generative Community Dialogue By Stanley Deetz PART 4: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Chapter 11: Getting Hold of the Difficulty Deep Down: Teaching from the Communication Perspective By John Chetro-Szivos Chapter 12: Mixing Metaphors and Metamorphosis: CMM and the Discourse of Making Better Social Worlds By John Lannamann Chapter 13: Coordinating Logics of Meaning and Action: Developing a Vocabulary of (Un)consciousness By Christine Oliver Chapter 14: Making Change That Matters: A Story of Social Transformation and CMM By John Parrish-Sprowl Chapter 15: On the Significance of “The 7th Miracle” for Personal and Social Evolution By Kimberly Pearce Author and Editor Biographies