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Table of Contents
Preface for Instructors
DIVISION ONE: OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1
Launching Your Study of Communication Theory
CHAPTER 2
Talk About Theory
CHAPTER 3
Weighing the Words
CHAPTER 4
Mapping the Territory (Seven Traditions in the Field of Communication Theory)
DIVISION TWO: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Interpersonal messages
CHAPTER 5
Symbolic Interactionism of George Herbert Mead
CHAPTER 6
Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
CHAPTER 7
Expectancy Violations Theory of Judee Burgoon
Relationship Development
CHAPTER 8
Social Penetration Theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor
CHAPTER 9
Uncertainty Reduction Theory of Charles Berger
CHAPTER 10
Social Information Processing Theory of Joseph Walther
Relationship Maintenance
CHAPTER 11
Relational Dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Mikhail Bakhtin
CHAPTER 12
Communication Privacy Management Theory of Sandra Petronio
Chapter 13
Media Multiplexity Theory of Caroline Haythornthwaite
Influence
CHAPTER 14
Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer Sherif
CHAPTER 15
Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo
CHAPTER 16
Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon Festinger
DIVISION THREE: GROUP AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Group Communication
CHAPTER 17
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran
CHAPTER 18
Symbolic Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann
Organizational Communication
CHAPTER 19
Cultural Approach to Organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky
CHAPTER 20
Communicative Constitution of Organizations of Robert McPhee
CHAPTER 21
Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations of Stanley Deetz
Public Rhetoric
CHAPTER 22
The Rhetoric of Aristotle
CHAPTER 23
Dramatism of Kenneth Burke
CHAPTER 24
Narrative Paradigm of Walter Fisher
DIVISION FOUR: MASS COMMUNICATION
Media and Culture
CHAPTER 25
Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhan
CHAPTER 26
Semiotics of Roland Barthes
CHAPTER 27
Cultural Studies of Stuart Hall
Media Effects
CHAPTER 28
Uses and Gratifications of Elihu Katz
CHAPTER 29
Cultivation Theory of George Gerbner
CHAPTER 30
Agenda-Setting Theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
DIVISION FIVE: CULTURAL CONTEXT
Gender and Communication
CHAPTER 31
Genderlect Styles of Deborah Tannen
CHAPTER 32
Standpoint Theory of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood
CHAPTER 33
Muted Group Theory of Cheris Kramarae
Intercultural Communication
CHAPTER 34
Communication Accommodation Theory of Howard Giles
CHAPTER 35
Face-Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting-Toomey
CHAPTER 36
Co-Cultural Theory of Mark Orbe
DIVISION SIX: INTEGRATION
Integration
CHAPTER 37
Common Threads in Comm Theories
Appendix A: Abstracts of Theories
Appendix B: Feature Films that Illustrate Communication Theories
Appendix C: NCA Credo for Communication Ethics
Endnotes
Credits and Acknowledgements
Index
