Communication Theories in Action-Student Companion

by Wood, Julia T.

• ISBN13: 9780534566418
• ISBN10: 0534566413
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Table of Contents

Preface
Opening
Summary of Chapter Content	1	(1)
Journal Entries	2	(1)
Self Test	2	(2)
Communication as a Field of Study
Summary of Chapter Content	4	(4)
Vocabulary	8	(1)
Journal Entries	9	(1)
Activities	10	(8)
Self Test	18	(2)
Understanding Communication Theories
Summary of Chapter Content	20	(5)
Vocabulary	25	(1)
Journal Entries	26	(1)
Activities	27	(5)
Self Test	32	(3)
Building and Testing Theory
Summary of Chapter Content	35	(4)
Vocabulary	39	(1)
Journal Entries	39	(2)
Activities	41	(6)
Self Test	47	(4)
An Early Communication Theory
Summary of Chapter Content	51	(3)
Vocabulary	54	(1)
Journal Entries	54	(1)
Activities	55	(10)
Self Test	65	(3)
Theories about Symbolic Activity
Summary of Chapter Content	68	(9)
Vocabulary	77	(1)
Journal Entries	78	(1)
Activities	79	(6)
Self Test	85	(5)
Theories about Performance
Summary of Chapter Content	90	(4)
Vocabulary	94	(1)
Journal Entries	94	(1)
Activities	95	(5)
Self Test	100	(4)
Theories about How People Construct Meaning
Summary of Chapter Content	104	(7)
Vocabulary	111	(1)
Journal Entries	112	(1)
Activities	113	(4)
Self Test	117	(5)
Theories of Interpersonal Dynamics
Summary of Chapter Content	122	(8)
Vocabulary	130	(1)
Journal Entries	130	(1)
Activities	131	(10)
Self Test	141	(5)
Theories about Communication and the Evolution of Relationships
Summary of Chapter Content	146	(8)
Vocabulary	154	(1)
Journal Entries	155	(1)
Activities	156	(11)
Self Test	167	(5)
Theories about Communication Communities
Summary of Chapter Content	172	(12)
Vocabulary	184	(1)
Journal Entries	184	(1)
Activities	185	(16)
Self Test	201	(5)
Theories of Mass Communication
Summary of Chapter Content	206	(7)
Vocabulary	213	(1)
Journal Entries	213	(2)
Activities	215	(7)
Self Test	222	(5)
Critical Communication Theories
Summary of Chapter Content	227	(8)
Vocabulary	235	(1)
Journal Entries	236	(1)
Activities	237	(6)
Self Test	243	(4)
Postmodern Theorizing
Summary of Chapter Conten	247	(3)
Vocabulary	250	(1)
Journal Entries	250	(1)
Activities	251	(7)
Self Test	258	(3)
Communication Theories in Action: A Final Look
Summary of Chapter Content	261	(2)
Journal Entries	263	(1)
Activities	264	(2)
Self Test	266	(3)
Answers to Activities and Self-Tests
Opening	269	(1)
Chapter One	269	(1)
Chapter Two	270	(1)
Chapter Three	271	(1)
Chapter Four	272	(1)
Chapter Five	273	(1)
Chapter Six	274	(1)
Chapter Seven	275	(2)
Chapter Eight	277	(1)
Chapter Nine	278	(1)
Chapter Ten	279	(1)
Chapter Eleven	280	(1)
Chapter Twelve	281	(1)
Chapter Thirteen	282	(1)
Chapter Fourteen	283