A First Look at Communication Theory
by Em GriffinEdition: 6th
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Pub. Date: 1991-01-01
Publisher(s): MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Summary
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 33 theories represented in the text reflect a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and strike a balance of scientific and interpretive approaches.
Table of Contents
Division One: Overview Introduction1. Talk About Theory 2. Mapping the Territory3. Weighing the Words of Symbolic Convergence Theory
1. Talk About Theory 2. Mapping the Territory3. Weighing the Words of Symbolic Convergence Theory
3. Weighing the Words of Symbolic Convergence Theory
Division Two: Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal Messages4. Symbolic Interactionism (Mead)5. Coordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce & Cronen)6. Expectancy Violations Theory (Burgoon)7. Interpersonal Deception Theory (Buller & Burgoon)Ethical ReflectionsKant’s Categorical ImperativeAugustine’s Divine WillBok’s Principle of VeracityRelationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
4. Symbolic Interactionism (Mead)5. Coordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce & Cronen)6. Expectancy Violations Theory (Burgoon)7. Interpersonal Deception Theory (Buller & Burgoon)Ethical ReflectionsKant’s Categorical ImperativeAugustine’s Divine WillBok’s Principle of VeracityRelationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
6. Expectancy Violations Theory (Burgoon)7. Interpersonal Deception Theory (Buller & Burgoon)Ethical ReflectionsKant’s Categorical ImperativeAugustine’s Divine WillBok’s Principle of VeracityRelationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Ethical ReflectionsKant’s Categorical ImperativeAugustine’s Divine WillBok’s Principle of VeracityRelationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Augustine’s Divine WillBok’s Principle of VeracityRelationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Relationship Development8. Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor)9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
9. Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger)10. Social Information Processing (Walther)Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Relationship Maintenance11. Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery)12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
12. The Interactional View (Watzlawick) Cognitive Processing13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
13. Constructivism (Delia)Influence14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
14. Social Judgment Theory (Sherif)15. Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo)16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
16. Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)Ethical ReflectionsBuber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Buber’s Dialogic EthicsNilsen’s Significant Choice
Division Three: Group and Public Communication Group Decision Making17. Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making (Hirokawa & Gouran)18. Adaptive Structuration Theory (Poole)Organizational Communication19. Information Systems Approach to Organizations (Weick)20. Cultural Approach to Organizations (Geertz & Pacanowsky)21. Critical Theory of Communication Approach to Organizations (Deetz)Public Rhetoric22. The Rhetoric (Aristotle)23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
17. Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making (Hirokawa & Gouran)18. Adaptive Structuration Theory (Poole)Organizational Communication19. Information Systems Approach to Organizations (Weick)20. Cultural Approach to Organizations (Geertz & Pacanowsky)21. Critical Theory of Communication Approach to Organizations (Deetz)Public Rhetoric22. The Rhetoric (Aristotle)23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
Organizational Communication19. Information Systems Approach to Organizations (Weick)20. Cultural Approach to Organizations (Geertz & Pacanowsky)21. Critical Theory of Communication Approach to Organizations (Deetz)Public Rhetoric22. The Rhetoric (Aristotle)23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
20. Cultural Approach to Organizations (Geertz & Pacanowsky)21. Critical Theory of Communication Approach to Organizations (Deetz)Public Rhetoric22. The Rhetoric (Aristotle)23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
Public Rhetoric22. The Rhetoric (Aristotle)23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
23. Dramatism (Burke)24. Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
Ethical ReflectionsAristotle’s Golden MeanWest’s Prophetic Pragmatism
West’s Prophetic Pragmatism
Division Four: Mass Communication Media and Culture25. Semiotics (Barthes)26. Cultural Studies (Hall) Media Effects27. Cultivation Theory (Gerbner)28. Agenda-Setting Theory (McCombs & Shaw)29. Spiral of Silence (Noelle-Neumann)Ethical ReflectionsHabermas’ Discourse EthicsChristians’ Communitarian Ethics
25. Semiotics (Barthes)26. Cultural Studies (Hall) Media Effects27. Cultivation Theory (Gerbner)28. Agenda-Setting Theory (McCombs & Shaw)29. Spiral of Silence (Noelle-Neumann)Ethical ReflectionsHabermas’ Discourse EthicsChristians’ Communitarian Ethics
Media Effects27. Cultivation Theory (Gerbner)28. Agenda-Setting Theory (McCombs & Shaw)29. Spiral of Silence (Noelle-Neumann)Ethical ReflectionsHabermas’ Discourse EthicsChristians’ Communitarian Ethics
28. Agenda-Setting Theory (McCombs & Shaw)29. Spiral of Silence (Noelle-Neumann)Ethical ReflectionsHabermas’ Discourse EthicsChristians’ Communitarian Ethics
Ethical ReflectionsHabermas’ Discourse EthicsChristians’ Communitarian Ethics
Christians’ Communitarian Ethics
Division Five: Cultural Context Intercultural Communication30. Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory (Gudykunst)31. Face-Negotiation Theory (Ting-Toomey)32. Speech Codes Theory (Philipsen)Gender and Communication33. Genderlect Styles (Tannen)34. Standpoint Theory (Harding & Wood)35. Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)Ethical ReflectionsGilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
30. Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory (Gudykunst)31. Face-Negotiation Theory (Ting-Toomey)32. Speech Codes Theory (Philipsen)Gender and Communication33. Genderlect Styles (Tannen)34. Standpoint Theory (Harding & Wood)35. Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)Ethical ReflectionsGilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
32. Speech Codes Theory (Philipsen)Gender and Communication33. Genderlect Styles (Tannen)34. Standpoint Theory (Harding & Wood)35. Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)Ethical ReflectionsGilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
33. Genderlect Styles (Tannen)34. Standpoint Theory (Harding & Wood)35. Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)Ethical ReflectionsGilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
35. Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)Ethical ReflectionsGilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
Gilligan’s Different VoiceBenhabib’s Interactive Universalism
Division Six: Integration Communication Theory36. Order Out of Chaos
36. Order Out of Chaos
Appendix A. Abstracts of Theories Appendix B. Feature Films that Illustrate Communication TheoryAppendix C. National Communication Association Credo for Ethical Communication EndnotesCredits and AcknowledgementsIndex
Appendix C. National Communication Association Credo for Ethical Communication EndnotesCredits and AcknowledgementsIndex
Credits and AcknowledgementsIndex
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