DIVISION ONE
Overview
CHAPTER 1
Launching Your Study of Communication Theory
CHAPTER 2
Objective and Interpretive Approaches to Communication 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
Expectancy Violations Theory of Judee Burgoon
CHAPTER 7
Family Communication Patterns Theory of Ascan Koerner & Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
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 Theory of Leslie Baxter & Mikhail Bakhtin
CHAPTER 12
Communication Privacy Management Theory of Sandra Petronio
CHAPTER 13
Media Multiplexity Theory of Caroline Haythornwaite
DIVISION THREE
Social Influence
Persuasion
CHAPTER 14
Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer & Caroliyn Sherif
CHAPTER 15
Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo
CHAPTER 15
Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon Festinger
Public Rhetoric
CHAPTER 17
The Rhetoric of Aristotle
CHAPTER 18
Dramatism of Kenneth Burke
CHAPTER 19
Narrative Paradigm of Walter Fisher
DIVISION FOUR
Group and Organizational Communication
Group Communication
CHAPTER 20
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran
CHAPTER 21
Symbolic Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann
Organizational Communication
CHAPTER 22
Cultural Approach to Organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky
CHAPTER 23
Communicative Constitution of Organizations of Robert McPhee
CHAPTER 24
Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations by Stanley Deetz
DIVISION FIVE
Cultural Context
Intercultural Communication
CHAPTER 25
Communication Accommodation Theory of Howard Giles
CHAPTER 26
Face-Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting-Toomey
CHAPTER 27
Co-Cultural Theory of Mark Orbe
CHAPTER 28
Afrocentricity of Molefi Kete Asante
Gender and Communication
CHAPTER 29
Feminist Standpoint Theory of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood
CHAPTER 30
Muted Group Theory of Cheris Kramarae
DIVISION SIX
Mass Communication
Media and Culture
CHAPTER 31
Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhan
CHAPTER 32
Context Collapse of danah boyd & Alice Marwick
CHAPTER 33
Semiotics of Roland Barthes
CHAPTER 34
Cultural Studies of Stuart Hall
Media Effects
CHAPTER 35
Uses and Gratifications of Elihu Katz
CHAPTER 36
Cultivation Theory of George Gerbner
CHAPTER 37
Agenda-Setting Theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
DIVISION SEVEN
Integration
CHAPTER 38
Common Threads in Comm Theories