This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field.

EDMUND ARENS Professor of Fundamental Theology at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland SHARON ATTIA doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK MARTIN BAUER Professor of Social Psychology at LSE, UK CATHERINE CAMPBELL Professor of Social Psychology at LSE, UK and the Director of the MSc in Health, Community and Development AMA DE-GRAFT AIKINS Research Fellow in social psychology at Cambridge University and a Visiting Fellow of LSE Health, LSE, UK JAPINDER DHESI doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK LAUREN FELDMAN Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at American University, Washington, DC, USA BRADLEY FRANKS Senior Lecturer in Psychology at LSE, UK. HELEN AMELIA GREEN PhD student at the Institute of Social Psychology at LSE, UK JANE GREGORY Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at University College, London, UK. Her JOANNE HARDMAN Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa DEREK HOOK Research Fellow in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Lecturer in Social Psychology at LSE, UK CAROLINE HOWARTH Lecturer in Social Psychology at LSE, UK MATTHEW C. NISBET Associate Professor in the School of Communication at American University, Washington, D.C, USA GORDON SAMMUT Associate Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Malta KERRY SCOTT is a health and social development specialist who recently completed the MSc in Health, Community and Development at the LSE, UK CATHY VAUGHAN public health practitioner who, since 1996, has worked in South East Asia and the Pacific in the areas of HIV and AIDS, youth health and the evaluation of health care programs