A First Look at Communication Theory

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Table of Contents—7th Edition

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DIVISION ONE
OVERVIEW


CHAPTER 1

of Communication Theory
2


CHAPTER 2



CHAPTER 3



CHAPTER 4

(Seven Traditions in the Field of Communication Theory)
41


DIVISION TWO
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION




CHAPTER 5

of George Herbert Mead
59


CHAPTER 6

of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
69


CHAPTER 7

of Judee Burgoon
84


CHAPTER 8

of Jesse Delia
97




CHAPTER 9

of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor
113


CHAPTER 10

of Charles Berger
125


CHAPTER 11

of Joseph Walther
138




CHAPTER 12

of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery
154


CHAPTER 13

of Paul Watzlwick
169


180


CHAPTER 14

of Muzafer Sherif
182


CHAPTER 15

of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo
193


CHAPTER 16

of Leon Festinger
205


DIVISION THREE
GROUP AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION




CHAPTER 17

of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran
222


CHAPTER 18

of Marshall Scott Poole
235




CHAPTER 19

of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky
250


CHAPTER 20

by Stanley Deetz
261




CHAPTER 21

of Aristotle
279


CHAPTER 22

of Kenneth Burke
289


CHAPTER 23

of Walter Fisher
298


DIVISION FOUR
MASS COMMUNICATION




CHAPTER 24

of Marshall McLuhan
312


CHAPTER 25

of Roland Barthes
323


CHAPTER 26

of Stuart Hall
334




CHAPTER 27

of George Gerbner
349


CHAPTER 28

of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
359


CHAPTER 29

of Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann
372


DIVISION FIVE
CULTURAL CONTEXT


CHAPTER 30

of Howard Giles
387


CHAPTER 31

of Stella Ting-Toomey
400


CHAPTER 32

of Gerry Philipsen
414




CHAPTER 33

of Deborah Tannen
429


CHAPTER 34

of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood
441


CHAPTER 35

of Cheris Kramarae
454


DIVISION SIX
INTEGRATION




CHAPTER 36



Appendix A: Abstracts of Theories
A-1


Appendix B: Feature FIlms That Illustrate Communication Theories
A-6


Appendix C: NCA Credo for Communication Ethics
A-8


Endnotes
E-1


Credits and Ackowledgements
C-1


Index
I-1



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