A first look at communication theory / Em Griffin.

By:

Griffin, Emory A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.Edition: 8th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780071086424 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
0071086420

Subject(s):

Communication -- Philosophy

DDC classification:

302.201 22 G.M.F

LOC classification:

P90 .G725 2012

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Abstract

Contents:

Launching your study of communication theory -- Talk about theory -- Weighing the words -- 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 & Vernon Cronen -- Expectancy violations theory of Judee Burgoon -- Constructivism of Jesse Delia -- Relationship development -- Social penetration theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor -- Uncertainty reduction theory of Charles Berger -- Social information processing theory of Joseph Walther -- Relationship maintenance -- Relational dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery -- Communication privacy management theory of Sandra Petronio -- The interactional view of Paul Watzlawick-- Influence -- Social judgment theory of Muzafer Sherif -- Elaboration likelihood model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo -- Cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festinger -- Group communication -- Functional perspective on group decision making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran -- Symbolic convergence theory of Ernest Bormann -- Organizational communication -- Cultural approach to organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky -- Critical theory of communication in organizations of Stanley 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 -- Uses and gratifications of Elihu Katz -- Cultivation theory of George Gerbner -- Agenda-setting theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw -- 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 & Julia Wood -- Muted group theory of Cheris Kramarae -- Common threads in comm theories.

Summary: A textbook for the communication theory course that analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower- and upper-level courses.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Launching your study of communication theory --
Talk about theory --
Weighing the words --
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 & Vernon Cronen --
Expectancy violations theory of Judee Burgoon --
Constructivism of Jesse Delia --
Relationship development --
Social penetration theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor --
Uncertainty reduction theory of Charles Berger --
Social information processing theory of Joseph Walther --
Relationship maintenance --
Relational dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery --
Communication privacy management theory of Sandra Petronio --
The interactional view of Paul Watzlawick--
Influence --
Social judgment theory of Muzafer Sherif --
Elaboration likelihood model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo --
Cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festinger --
Group communication --
Functional perspective on group decision making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran --
Symbolic convergence theory of Ernest Bormann --
Organizational communication --
Cultural approach to organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky --
Critical theory of communication in organizations of Stanley 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 --
Uses and gratifications of Elihu Katz --
Cultivation theory of George Gerbner --
Agenda-setting theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw --
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 & Julia Wood --
Muted group theory of Cheris Kramarae --
Common threads in comm theories.

A textbook for the communication theory course that analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower- and upper-level courses.

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