PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENT APPROACHES
Jay G Blumler, Jack M McLeod and Karl Erik Rosengren
An Introduction to Comparative Communication Research
David L Swanson
Managing Theoretical Diversity in Cross-National Studies of Political Communication
James R Beniger
Comparison, Yes, But -- the Case of Technological and Cultural Change
PART TWO: EXEMPLARS
Judee K Burgoon
Applying a Comparative Approach to Expectancy Violations Theory
William H Dutton and Thierry Vedel
The Dynamics of Cable Television in the United States, Britain and France
Tamar Liebes and Sonia M Livingstone
Mothers and Lovers
Managing Women's Role Conflicts in American and British Soap Operas
Daniel C Hallin and Paolo Mancini
The Summit as Media Event
The Reagan/Gorbachev Meeting on US, Italian and Soviet Television
Karl Erik Rosengren
The Structural Invariance of Change
Comparative Studies of Media Use (Some Results from a Swedish Research Program)
Kjell Nowak
Magazine Advertising Content in Sweden and the United States
Stable Patterns of Change, Variable Levels of Stability
Steven H Chaffee and Godwin Chu
Communication and Cultural Change in China
Youichi Ito
Theories on Interpersonal Communication Styles from a Japanese Perspective
PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS
Karl Erik Rosengren, Jack M McLeod and Jay G Blumler
Comparative Communication Research
From Exploration to Consolidation