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West, Richard L.

Introducing communication theory : analysis and application / Richard West, Lynn H. Turner. - 2nd ed. - New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, c2004. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm.

Content
Part 1 setting the stages
1 what is communication.
2 Framing our past and present
3 Thinking about theory
4 Understanding the research process

Part two Understanding the dialogue
5 Symbolic interaction theory
6 Coordinated management of meaning.
7 Cognitive dissonance theory
8 Expectance violations theory

RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT
9 Uncertainty reduction theory
10. Social penetration theory
11 Social exchange theory
12.Relation dialectics theory
13. Communication privacy management theory

GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONS.
14 Groupthink
15 Adaptive structure theory.
16 Organizational cultural theory
17 Organizational information theory.

THE PUBLIC
18 the rhetoric
19 Dramatism
20 The narrative paradigm
21 Cultural studies.

THE MEDIA
22 Cultivation analysis
23 uses and gratifications theory
24. Spiral of silence theory
25 Medium theory

CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
26 Face- negotiation theory
27 standpoint theory
28 Muted group theory
29 communication accommodation theory

Part three Casting new directions
30 Moving in new directions.






Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN: 0767430344 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 9780767430340

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Information theory.
Communication.

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Dewey Class. No.: 003.54 / WES