Abstract:
This research, conducted by documentary research, quantitative and qualitative content analysis, was aimed to study the state of arts of the theses in Speech Communication and Performing Arts, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, during 1999 2005, totally 107 theses. Results of the research are as follow : 1.Areas of study which are mostly studied are Patterns and Nature of Communication, especially in the area of relationship building, Problem Solving, Communication Elements, and Related Factors respectively. 2.The elements of communication which are mostly studied are Sender & Message & Receiver, Only Message, Sender & Message, Message & Receiver and Message & Receiver & Environment respectively. 3.The levels of communication which are mostly studied are Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication and Mass Communication respectively. 4.The contexts of communication which are mostly studied are Entertainment Communication, Political Communication , and Management Communication respectively. 5.The concepts and theories which are mostly used to explain the study are Compliance Gaining , and Discourse Analysis. 6.In depth interview is mostly chosen as a research methodology, then Survey Questionaire, Documentary Research, and Interview & Survey Questionnaire respectively. 7.Problems and limitations which are mostly found are Time Constraint, Interviewers Constraint, and Inaccessibility towards Samples respectively. 8.The major findings of studies, which lead to add some knowledge on Speech Communication, focus mostly in Persuasion, Senders Characteristics, Compliance Gaining, and Leadership Styles respectively