A First Look at Communication Theory

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Communication Accommodation Theory

Howard Giles

Chapter 30
Cultural Context—Intercultural Communication

Theory Overview

Abstracts appear in Appendix A of the 7th Edition

Television has become society's storyteller. Heavy television viewers see a vast quantity of dramatic violence, which cultivates an exaggerated belief in a mean and scary world. Mainstreaming and resonance are two of the processes that create a homogeneous and fearful populace. (Socio-cultural and socio-psychological traditions)

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