Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Series editor's foreword -- Introduction: Conceptualizing communication - security / Bryan C. Taylor and Hamilton Bean -- Part I: Communication Contexts and Genres: 1. Communication History and Security / Ian E. J. Hill -- 2. Crisis - Emergency Communication and Security / Timothy L. Sellnow and Matthew W. Seeger -- 3. Ecological Communication and Security / William J. Kinsella -- 4. Discourse and Security / Patricia L. Dunmire -- 5. Group Communication and Security / Justin Reedy and Chris Anderson -- 6. Health Communication and Security / Matthew W. Seeger and Timothy L. Sellnow -- 7. Intercultural Communication and Security / David Boromisza-Habashi and Bingjuan Xiong -- 8. Organizational Communication and Security / Hamilton Bean and Rebecca M. Rice -- 9. Political Communication and Security / Andrew Rojecki -- 10. Rhetoric and Security / Kevin J. Macy-Ayotte -- 11. Strategic Communication and Security / Craig Hayden and Emily T. Metzgar -- 12. Visual Communication and Security / Axel Heck -- Part II: Special Topics: 13. Biosecurity and Communication / Lisa Keränen -- 14. Communicatively Countering Violent Extremism Online / Kurt Braddock -- 15. Cybersecurity and Communication / Sean Lawson and Michael K. Middleton -- 16. Communicative Dimensions of Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Militarism / Phil Graham -- 17. Memory, Security, and Communication / Lisa Silvestri -- 18. Nuclear Deterrence and Communication / Bryan C. Taylor -- 19. Rituals of Communication and Security / Shoshana Magnet -- 20. Strategic Narrative and Security / Raphaël Zaffran -- 21. Surveillance and Communication / Joshua Reeves -- 22. Communicating Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism / Carol K. Winkler and Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu -- Part III: The Futures of Communication - Security: 23. Commentary: Communication and 'Security Creep' / Robert L. Ivie -- Index.