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.