This episode features Professor Cynthia Stohl in conversation with Professor Shiv Ganesh. Professor Stohl shares her perspective on the rapid expansion of the field of communication during the 1980s, where researchers shifted to a more  embedded and global approach. She discusses how  the International Communication Association continues to globalize through affiliate journals and hubs. Professor Stohl also shares some stories about her challenges doing organizational communication research among factory workers in New Zealand.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Shiv Ganesh

Cynthia Stohl

Sponsors

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Shiv Ganesh

Professor of Communication

Moody College of Communication

The University of Texas at Austin

LinkedIn: shivganeshnzus

Facebook: shivtalk

Cynthia Stohl

Distinguished Professor 

Department of Communication  

University of California, Santa Barbara

Works referenced in episode

Bimber, B., Flanagin, A., & Stohl, C. (2012). Collective action in organizations: Interaction and engagement in an era of technological change. Cambridge University Press.

Harness, D. Ganesh, S. & Stohl, C. (in press) Visibility Agents: Organizing Transparency in the Digital Era. New Media and Society.

Knapp, M. L., Stohl, C., & Reardon, K. K. (1981). “Memorable” messages. The Journal of Communication. 

Putnam, L. L., & Stohl, C. (1990). Bona fide groups: A reconceptualization of groups in context. Communication Studies.

Stohl, C. (1993). European managers' interpretations of participation:  A semantic network analysis. Human Communication Research, 20, 1, 97-117.  

Stohl, C. (1995). Organizational communication: Connectedness in action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  

Copy and Audio Editor:

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown