TY  - BOOK
AU  - West,Richard L.
AU  - Turner,Lynn H.
TI  - Introducing communication theory: analysis and application 
SN  - 0767430344 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
U1  - 003.54 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Information theory
KW  - Communication
N1  - 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
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