Preface for InstructorsDivision One: OverviewChapter 1: Launching
Your Study of Communication TheoryChapter 2: Talk About
TheoryChapter 3: Weighing the WordsChapter 4: Mapping the Territory
(Seven Traditions in the Field of Communication Theory)
Division Two: Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal
MessagesChapter 5: Symbolic Interactionism of George Herbert
MeadChapter 6: Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W.
Barnett Pearce & Vernon CronenChapter 7: Expectancy Violations
Theory of Judee BurgoonChapter 8: Constructivism of Jesse Delia
Relationship DevelopmentChapter 9: Social Penetration Theory of
Irwin Altman & Dalmas TaylorChapter 10: Uncertainty Reduction
Theory of Charles BergerChapter 11: Social Information Processing
Theory of Joseph Walther Relationship MaintenanceChapter 12:
Relational Dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara MontgomeryChapter
13: Communication Privacy Management Theory of Sandra
PetronioChapter 14: The Interactional View of Paul Watzlawick
InfluenceChapter 15: Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer
SherifChapter 16: Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty &
John CacioppoChapter 17: Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon
Festinger
Division Three: Group and Public Communication Group
CommunicationChapter 18: Functional Perspective on Group Decision
Making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis GouranChapter 19: Symbolic
Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann Organizational
CommunicationChapter 20: Cultural Approach to Organizations of
Clifford Geertz & Michael PacanowskyChapter 21: Critical Theory of
Communication in Organizations of Stanly Deetz Public
RhetoricChapter 22: The Rhetoric of AristotleChapter 23: Dramatism
of Kenneth BurkeChapter 24: Narrative Paradigm of Walter
FisherDivision Four: Mass Communication Media and CultureChapter
25: Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhanChapter 26: Semiotics of
Roland BarthesChapter 27: Cultural Studies of Stuart Hall Media
EffectsChapter 28: Uses and Gratifications of Elihu Katz Chapter
29: Cultivation Theory of George GerbnerChapter 30: Agenda-Setting
Theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
Division Five: Cultural Context Intercultural CommunicationChapter
31: Communication Accommodation Theory of Howard GilesChapter 32:
Face-Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting ToomeyChapter 33: Speech
Codes Theory of Gerry Philipsen Gender and CommunicationChapter 34:
Genderlect Styles of Deborah TannenChapter 35: Standpoint Theory of
Sandra Harding & Julia WoodChapter 36: Muted Group Theory of Cheris
Kramarae
Division Six: IntegrationChapter 37: Common Threads in Comm
Theories
Appendix A: Abstracts of TheoriesAppendix B: Feature Films that
Illustrate Communication TheoriesAppendix C: NCA Credo for Ethical
Communication EndnotesCredits and AcknowledgementsIndex
Em Griffin received his B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from Northwestern University. He is professor of communication at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he has taught for the past 26 years and has been chosen Teacher of the Year. His research interest centers on the development of close friendships. Dr. Griffin is the author of three applied communication books: The Mind Changers analyzes practical techniques of persuasion; Getting Together offers research-based suggestions for effective group leadership; and Making Friends describes the way that quality interpersonal communication can build close relationships. He also leads workshops on these topics in the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States.
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