Introducing communication theory : analysis and application /

West, Richard L,

Introducing communication theory : analysis and application / [print] Richard West, Lynn H. Turner. - forth edition. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, (c)2010. - xxix, 533, 13, 36, 23 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



Thinking about communication : definitions, models, and ethics -- Thinking about the field : traditions and contexts -- Thinking about theory and research -- As we begin ... -- Symbolic interaction theory -- Coordinated management of meaning -- Cognitive dissonance theory -- Expectancy violations theory -- Uncertainty reduction theory -- Social penetration theory -- Social exchange theory -- Relational dialectics theory -- Communication privacy management theory -- Groupthink -- Structuration theory -- Organizational culture theory -- Organizational information theory -- The rhetoric -- Dramatism -- The narrative paradigm -- Cultural studies -- Cultivation analysis -- Uses and gratifications theory -- Spiral of silence theory -- Media ecology theory -- Face-negotiation theory -- Communication accommodatio theory -- Muted group theory -- Standpoint theory -- Moving in new directions.



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Information theory.
Communication.

Q360.T948.I587 2010