TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffin,Emory A
TI  - A first look at communication theory
SN  - 9780073385020
AV  - P90.G851.F577 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill Higher Education
KW  - Communication
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 2; Launching your study of communication theory --; Talk about theory --; Weighing the words of Ernest Bormann's symbolic convergence theory --; Mapping the territory (seven traditions in the field of communication theory) -- Interpersonal messages --; Symbolic interactionism of George Herbert Mead --; Coordinated management of meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce and Vernon Cronen --; Expectancy violations theory of Judee Burgoon --; Constructivism of Jesse Delia --; Relationship development --; Social penetration theory of Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor --; Uncertainty reduction theory of Charles Berger --; Social information processing theory of Joseph Walther --; Relationship maintenance --; Relational dialectics of Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery --; The Interactional view of Paul Watzlawick-- Influence --; Social judgment theory of Muzafer Sherif --; Elaboration likelihood model of Richard Petty and John Cacioppo --; Cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festinger --  Group decision making --; Functional perspective on group decision making of Randy Hirokawa and Dennis Gouran --; Adaptive structuration theory of Marshall Scott Poole --; Organizational communication --; Cultural approach to organizations of Clifford Geertz and Michael Pacanowsky --; Critical theory of communication approach to organizations of Stan Deetz --; Public rhetoric --; The rhetoric of Aristotle --; Dramatism of Kenneth Burke --; Narrative paradigm of Walter Fisher --; Media and culture --; Media ecology of Marshall McLuhan --; Semiotics of Roland Barthes --; Cultural studies of Stuart Hall --; Media Effects --; Cultivation theory of George Gerbner --; Agenda-setting theory of Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw --; Spiral of silence of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann --; Intercultural communication --; Communication accommodation theory of Howard Giles --; Face-negotiation theory of Stella Ting-Toomey --; Speech codes theory of Gerry Philipsen --; Gender and communication --; Genderlect styles of Deborah Tannen --; Standpoint theory of Sandra Harding and Julia Wood --; Muted group theory of Cheris Kramarae --; Communication theory --; Common threads in comm theories --; Appendix A: abstracts of theories --; Appendix B: feature films that illustrate communication theory --; Appendix C: North CarolinaA credo for communication ethics; 2
N2  - The most widely-used textbook for the communication theory course, "A First Look at Communication Theory" analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower- and upper-level courses. The 32 theories represented in the text reflect a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and strike a balance of scientific and interpretive approaches
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