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| SORT BY: Theories Authors. | ✱ New in Edition 11 | |
| AUTHOR(S) | THEORY | COVERAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Irwin Altman with Dalmas Taylor |
Social Penetration Theory | Full Ch 8 |
| Aristotle | The Rhetoric | Full Ch 17 |
| Aristotle | Golden Mean (and Virtue Ethiics) | Brief |
| Augustine | Categorical Imperative | Brief |
| Mikhail Bakhtin | Dialogics | Brief |
| Mikhail Bakhtin with Leslie Baxter |
Relational Dialectics Theory | Full Ch 11 |
| Albert Bandura | Social Learning Theory-Social Cognition Theory PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 2 |
| Roland Barthes | Semiotics | Full Ch 33 |
| Leslie Baxter with Mikhail Bakhtin |
Relational Dialectics Theory | Full Ch 11 |
| Charles Berger | Uncertainty Reduction Theory | Full Ch 9 |
| Sissella Bok | Principle of Veracity | Brief |
| Ernest Bormann | Symbolic Convergence Theory | Full Ch 21 |
| Martin Buber | Dialogic Ethics | Brief |
| David Buller with Judee Burgoon |
Interpersonal Deception Theory PDF | Archive Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon | Expectancy Violations Theory | Full Ch 6 |
| Judee Burgoon with David Buller |
Interpersonal Deception Theory PDF | Archive Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon | ✱ Family Communication Patterns Theory | Full Ch 7 |
| Kenneth Burke | Dramatism | Full Ch 18 |
| John Cacioppio with Richard Petty |
Elaboration Likelihood Model | Full Ch 15 |
| Clifford Christians | Communitarian / CIvic Journalism | Brief |
| Patricia Collins | Black Feminist Thought | Brief |
| Vernon Cronen with W Barnet Pearce |
Coordinated Management of Meaning PDF | Archive Ed 10 |
| Stanley Deetz | Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations | Full Ch 24 |
| Jesse Delia | Constructivism PDF | Archive Ed 8 |
| Ferdinand de Saussure | Structural Linguistics | Brief |
| Leon Festinger | Cognitive Dissonance | Full Ch 16 |
| B Aubrey Fisher | Interact System Model of Decision Emergence PDF | Archive Ed 2 |
| Walter Fisher | Narrative Paradigm | Full Ch 19 |
| Clifford Geertz with Michael Pacanowsky |
Cultural Approach to Organizations | Full Ch 22 |
| George Gerbner | Cultivation Theory | Full Ch 36 |
| Howard Giles | Communication Accommodation Theory | Full Ch 25 |
| Carol Gilligan | FIRO Theory PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| Carol Gilligan | Different Voice PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| Dennis Gouran with Randy Hirokawa |
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making | Full Ch 20 |
| John Greene | Action Assembly Theory PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| William Gudykunst | Anxiety-Uncertainty Management Theory PDF | Archive Ed 6 |
| Jürgen Habermas | Discursive Ethics | Brief |
| Edward Hall | High- and Low-Context Cultures | Brief |
| Edward Hall | Proxemic Theory PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 1 |
| Stuart Hall | Cultural Studies | Full Ch 34 |
| Sandra Harding with Julia T Wood |
Feminist Standpoint Theory | Full Ch 29 |
| Fritz Heider | Attribution Theory PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 2 |
| Randy Hirokawa with Dennis Gouran |
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making | Full Ch 20 |
| Geert Hofstede | Cultural Dimensions | Brief |
| Irving Janis | Groupthink PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 3 |
| Immanuel Kant | Categorical Imperative | Brief |
| Elihu Katz with Paul Lazersfeld |
Two-Step Flow of Communication | Brief |
| Harold Kelley with John Thibaut |
Social Exchange Theory PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 2 |
| Alfred Korzybski | General Semantics PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| Cheris Kramarae | Muted Group Theory | Full Ch 30 |
| Paul Lazersfeld with Elihu Katz |
Two-Step Flow of Communication | Brief |
| Emmanuel Levinas | Responsive 'I' | Brief |
| Karl Marx | Marxism | Brief |
| Karl Marx | Critical Theory | Brief |
| Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of Needs PDF | Archive Ed 2 |
| Maxwell McCombs with Donald Shaw |
Agenda-Setting Theory | Full Ch 37 |
| Marshall McLuhan | Media Ecology | Full Ch 31 |
| George Herbert Mead | Symbolic Interactionism | Full Ch 5 |
| Clifford Nass with Byron Reeves |
The Media Equation PDF | Archive Ed 5 |
| Thomas Nilsen | Significant Choice | Brief |
| Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann | Spiral of Silence PDF | Archive Ed 7 |
| Charles Osgood | Mediational Theory of Meaning PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| Michael Pacanowsky with Clifford Geertz |
Cultural Approach to Organizations | Full Ch 22 |
| W Barnett Pearce with Vernon Cronen |
Coordinated Management of Meaning PDF | Archive Ed 10 |
| Sandra Petronio | Communication Privacy Management Theory | Full Ch 12 |
| Richard Petty with John Cacippo |
Elaboration Likelihood Model | Full Ch 15 |
| Gerry Philipsen | Speech Codes Theory PDF | Archive Ed 9 |
| Marshall Scott Poole | Adaptive Structuration Theory PDF | Archive Ed 7 |
| Byron Reeves with Clifford Nass |
The Media Equation PDF | Archive Ed 5 |
| I A Richards | Meaning of Meaning PDF | Archive Ed 3 |
| Carl Rogers | General Semantics PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| William Schutz | FIRO Theory PDF | Archive Ed 1 |
| Tony Schwartz | Resonance Principle of Persuasion | Brief |
| Claude Shannon with Warren Weaver |
Information Theory PDF | Archive Ed 3 |
| Donald Shaw with Maxwell McCombs |
Agenda-Setting Theory | Full Ch 37 |
| Muzafer Sherif | Social Judgment Theory | Full Ch 14 |
| Henri Tajfel with John Turner |
Social Identity Theory | Brief |
| Deborah Tannen | Genderlect Styles PDF | Archive Ed 0 |
| Dalmas Taylor with Irwin Altman |
Social Penetration Theory | Full Ch 8 |
| Frederick Taylor | Classical Management Philosophy | Brief |
| John Thibaut with Harold Kelley |
Social Exchange Theory PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 2 |
| Stella Ting-Toomey | Face-Negotiation Theory | Full Ch 26 |
| John Turner with Henri Tajfel |
Social Identity Theory | Brief |
| Joseph Walther | Social Information Processing Theory | Full Ch 10 |
| Paul Watzlawick | The Interactional View PDF | Archive Ed 9 |
| Warren Weaver with Claude Shannon |
Information Theory PDF | Archive Ed 3 |
| Max Weber | Classical Management Philosophy | Brief |
| Karl Weick | Information Systems Approach to Organizations PDF | Brief ＋ Archive Ed 6 |
| Julia T Wood with Sandra Harding |
Feminist Standpoint Theory | Full Ch 29 |
| Dolf Zillmann | Exitation Transfer Theory | Brief |
| SORT BY: Theories Authors. | ✱ New in Edition 11 | |
| AUTHOR(S) | THEORY | COVERAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Irwin Altman with Dalmas Taylor |
Social Penetration Theory | F Ch 8 |
| Aristotle | The Rhetoric | F Ch 17 |
| Aristotle | Golden Mean (and Virtue Ethiics) | B |
| Augustine | Categorical Imperative | B |
| Mikhail Bakhtin | Dialogics | B |
| Mikhail Bakhtin with Leslie Baxter |
Relational Dialectics Theory | F Ch 11 |
| Albert Bandura | Social Learning Theory-Social Cognition Theory | B＋A Ed 2 |
| Roland Barthes | Semiotics | F Ch 33 |
| Leslie Baxter with Mikhail Bakhtin |
Relational Dialectics Theory | F Ch 11 |
| Charles Berger | Uncertainty Reduction Theory | F Ch 9 |
| Sissella Bok | Principle of Veracity | B |
| Ernest Bormann | Symbolic Convergence Theory | F Ch 21 |
| Martin Buber | Dialogic Ethics | B |
| David Buller with Judee Burgoon |
Interpersonal Deception Theory | A Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon | Expectancy Violations Theory | F Ch 6 |
| Judee Burgoon with David Buller |
Interpersonal Deception Theory | A Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon | ✱ Family Communication Patterns Theory | F Ch 7 |
| Kenneth Burke | Dramatism | F Ch 18 |
| John Cacioppio with Richard Petty |
Elaboration Likelihood Model | F Ch 15 |
| Clifford Christians | Communitarian / CIvic Journalism | B |
| Patricia Collins | Black Feminist Thought | B |
| Vernon Cronen with W Barnet Pearce |
Coordinated Management of Meaning | A Ed 10 |
| Stanley Deetz | Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations | F Ch 24 |
| Jesse Delia | Constructivism | A Ed 8 |
| Ferdinand de Saussure | Structural Linguistics | B |
| Leon Festinger | Cognitive Dissonance | F Ch 16 |
| B Aubrey Fisher | Interact System Model of Decision Emergence | A Ed 2 |
| Walter Fisher | Narrative Paradigm | F Ch 19 |
| Clifford Geertz with Michael Pacanowsky |
Cultural Approach to Organizations | F Ch 22 |
| George Gerbner | Cultivation Theory | F Ch 36 |
| Howard Giles | Communication Accommodation Theory | F Ch 25 |
| Carol Gilligan | FIRO Theory | A Ed 1 |
| Carol Gilligan | Different Voice | A Ed 1 |
| Dennis Gouran with Randy Hirokawa |
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making | F Ch 20 |
| John Greene | Action Assembly Theory | A Ed 1 |
| William Gudykunst | Anxiety-Uncertainty Management Theory | A Ed 6 |
| Jürgen Habermas | Discursive Ethics | B |
| Edward Hall | High- and Low-Context Cultures | B |
| Edward Hall | Proxemic Theory | B＋A Ed 1 |
| Stuart Hall | Cultural Studies | F Ch 34 |
| Sandra Harding with Julia T Wood |
Feminist Standpoint Theory | F Ch 29 |
| Fritz Heider | Attribution Theory | B＋A Ed 2 |
| Randy Hirokawa with Dennis Gouran |
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making | F Ch 20 |
| Geert Hofstede | Cultural Dimensions | B |
| Irving Janis | Groupthink | B＋A Ed 3 |
| Immanuel Kant | Categorical Imperative | B |
| Elihu Katz with Paul Lazersfeld |
Two-Step Flow of Communication | B |
| Harold Kelley with John Thibaut |
Social Exchange Theory | B＋A Ed 2 |
| Alfred Korzybski | General Semantics | A Ed 1 |
| Cheris Kramarae | Muted Group Theory | F Ch 30 |
| Paul Lazersfeld with Elihu Katz |
Two-Step Flow of Communication | B |
| Emmanuel Levinas | Responsive 'I' | B |
| Karl Marx | Marxism | B |
| Karl Marx | Critical Theory | B |
| Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of Needs | A Ed 2 |
| Maxwell McCombs with Donald Shaw |
Agenda-Setting Theory | F Ch 37 |
| Marshall McLuhan | Media Ecology | F Ch 31 |
| George Herbert Mead | Symbolic Interactionism | F Ch 5 |
| Clifford Nass with Byron Reeves |
The Media Equation | A Ed 5 |
| Thomas Nilsen | Significant Choice | B |
| Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann | Spiral of Silence | A Ed 7 |
| Charles Osgood | Mediational Theory of Meaning | A Ed 1 |
| Michael Pacanowsky with Clifford Geertz |
Cultural Approach to Organizations | F Ch 22 |
| W Barnett Pearce with Vernon Cronen |
Coordinated Management of Meaning | A Ed 10 |
| Sandra Petronio | Communication Privacy Management Theory | F Ch 12 |
| Richard Petty with John Cacippo |
Elaboration Likelihood Model | F Ch 15 |
| Gerry Philipsen | Speech Codes Theory | A Ed 9 |
| Marshall Scott Poole | Adaptive Structuration Theory | A Ed 7 |
| Byron Reeves with Clifford Nass |
The Media Equation | A Ed 5 |
| I A Richards | Meaning of Meaning | A Ed 3 |
| Carl Rogers | General Semantics | A Ed 1 |
| William Schutz | FIRO Theory | A Ed 1 |
| Tony Schwartz | Resonance Principle of Persuasion | B |
| Claude Shannon with Warren Weaver |
Information Theory | A Ed 3 |
| Donald Shaw with Maxwell McCombs |
Agenda-Setting Theory | F Ch 37 |
| Muzafer Sherif | Social Judgment Theory | F Ch 14 |
| Henri Tajfel with John Turner |
Social Identity Theory | B |
| Deborah Tannen | Genderlect Styles | A Ed 0 |
| Dalmas Taylor with Irwin Altman |
Social Penetration Theory | F Ch 8 |
| Frederick Taylor | Classical Management Philosophy | B |
| John Thibaut with Harold Kelley |
Social Exchange Theory | B＋A Ed 2 |
| Stella Ting-Toomey | Face-Negotiation Theory | F Ch 26 |
| John Turner with Henri Tajfel |
Social Identity Theory | B |
| Joseph Walther | Social Information Processing Theory | F Ch 10 |
| Paul Watzlawick | The Interactional View | A Ed 9 |
| Warren Weaver with Claude Shannon |
Information Theory | A Ed 3 |
| Max Weber | Classical Management Philosophy | B |
| Karl Weick | Information Systems Approach to Organizations | B＋A Ed 6 |
| Julia T Wood with Sandra Harding |
Feminist Standpoint Theory | F Ch 29 |
| Dolf Zillmann | Exitation Transfer Theory | B |
| SORT BY: Theories Authors. | ✱ New in 11 |
| AUTHOR(S)/THEORY | COVERAGE |
|---|---|
| Irwin Altman (with Dalmas Taylor)
Social Penetration Theory |
F Ch 8 |
| Aristotle
The Rhetoric |
F Ch 17 |
| Aristotle
Golden Mean (and Virtue Ethiics) |
B |
| Augustine
Categorical Imperative |
B |
| Mikhail Bakhtin
Dialogics |
B |
| Mikhail Bakhtin (with Leslie Baxter)
Relational Dialectics Theory |
F Ch 11 |
| Albert Bandura
Social Learning Theory-Social Cognition Theory |
B＋A Ed 2 |
| Roland Barthes
Semiotics |
F Ch 33 |
| Leslie Baxter (with Mikhail Bakhtin)
Relational Dialectics Theory |
F Ch 11 |
| Charles Berger
Uncertainty Reduction Theory |
F Ch 9 |
| Sissella Bok
Principle of Veracity |
B |
| Ernest Bormann
Symbolic Convergence Theory |
F Ch 21 |
| Martin Buber
Dialogic Ethics |
B |
| David Buller (with Judee Burgoon)
Interpersonal Deception Theory |
A Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon
Expectancy Violations Theory |
F Ch 6 |
| Judee Burgoon (with David Buller)
Interpersonal Deception Theory |
A Ed 6 |
| Judee Burgoon
✱Family Communication Patterns Theory |
F Ch 7 |
| Kenneth Burke
Dramatism |
F Ch 18 |
| John Cacioppio (with Richard Petty)
Elaboration Likelihood Model |
F Ch 15 |
| Clifford Christians
Communitarian / CIvic Journalism |
B |
| Patricia Collins
Black Feminist Thought |
B |
| Vernon Cronen (with W Barnet Pearce)
Coordinated Management of Meaning |
A Ed 10 |
| Stanley Deetz
Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations |
F Ch 24 |
| Jesse Delia
Constructivism |
A Ed 8 |
| Ferdinand de Saussure
Structural Linguistics |
B |
| Leon Festinger
Cognitive Dissonance |
F Ch 16 |
| B Aubrey Fisher
Interact System Model of Decision Emergence |
A Ed 2 |
| Walter Fisher
Narrative Paradigm |
F Ch 19 |
| Clifford Geertz (with Michael Pacanowsky)
Cultural Approach to Organizations |
F Ch 22 |
| George Gerbner
Cultivation Theory |
F Ch 36 |
| Howard Giles
Communication Accommodation Theory |
F Ch 25 |
| Carol Gilligan
FIRO Theory |
A Ed 1 |
| Carol Gilligan
Different Voice |
A Ed 1 |
| Dennis Gouran (with Randy Hirokawa)
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making |
F Ch 20 |
| John Greene
Action Assembly Theory |
A Ed 1 |
| William Gudykunst
Anxiety-Uncertainty Management Theory |
A Ed 6 |
| Jürgen Habermas
Discursive Ethics |
B |
| Edward Hall
High- and Low-Context Cultures |
B |
| Edward Hall
Proxemic Theory |
B＋A Ed 1 |
| Stuart Hall
Cultural Studies |
F Ch 34 |
| Sandra Harding (with Julia T Wood)
Feminist Standpoint Theory |
F Ch 29 |
| Fritz Heider
Attribution Theory |
B＋A Ed 2 |
| Randy Hirokawa (with Dennis Gouran)
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making |
F Ch 20 |
| Geert Hofstede
Cultural Dimensions |
B |
| Irving Janis
Groupthink |
B＋A Ed 3 |
| Immanuel Kant
Categorical Imperative |
B |
| Elihu Katz (with Paul Lazersfeld)
Two-Step Flow of Communication |
B |
| Harold Kelley (with John Thibaut)
Social Exchange Theory |
B＋A Ed 2 |
| Alfred Korzybski
General Semantics |
A Ed 1 |
| Cheris Kramarae
Muted Group Theory |
F Ch 30 |
| Paul Lazersfeld (with Elihu Katz)
Two-Step Flow of Communication |
B |
| Emmanuel Levinas
Responsive 'I' |
B |
| Karl Marx
Marxism |
B |
| Karl Marx
Critical Theory |
B |
| Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of Needs |
A Ed 2 |
| Maxwell McCombs (with Donald Shaw)
Agenda-Setting Theory |
F Ch 37 |
| Marshall McLuhan
Media Ecology |
F Ch 31 |
| George Herbert Mead
Symbolic Interactionism |
F Ch 5 |
| Clifford Nass (with Byron Reeves)
The Media Equation |
A Ed 5 |
| Thomas Nilsen
Significant Choice |
B |
| Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
Spiral of Silence |
A Ed 7 |
| Charles Osgood
Mediational Theory of Meaning |
A Ed 1 |
| Michael Pacanowsky (with Clifford Geertz)
Cultural Approach to Organizations |
F Ch 22 |
| W Barnett Pearce (with Vernon Cronen)
Coordinated Management of Meaning |
A Ed 10 |
| Sandra Petronio
Communication Privacy Management Theory |
F Ch 12 |
| Richard Petty (with John Cacippo)
Elaboration Likelihood Model |
F Ch 15 |
| Gerry Philipsen
Speech Codes Theory |
A Ed 9 |
| Marshall Scott Poole
Adaptive Structuration Theory |
A Ed 7 |
| Byron Reeves (with Clifford Nass)
The Media Equation |
A Ed 5 |
| I A Richards
Meaning of Meaning |
A Ed 3 |
| Carl Rogers
General Semantics |
A Ed 1 |
| William Schutz
FIRO Theory |
A Ed 1 |
| Tony Schwartz
Resonance Principle of Persuasion |
B |
| Claude Shannon (with Warren Weaver)
Information Theory |
A Ed 3 |
| Donald Shaw (with Maxwell McCombs)
Agenda-Setting Theory |
F Ch 37 |
| Muzafer Sherif
Social Judgment Theory |
F Ch 14 |
| Henri Tajfel (with John Turner)
Social Identity Theory |
B |
| Deborah Tannen
Genderlect Styles |
A Ed 0 |
| Dalmas Taylor (with Irwin Altman)
Social Penetration Theory |
F Ch 8 |
| Frederick Taylor
Classical Management Philosophy |
B |
| John Thibaut (with Harold Kelley)
Social Exchange Theory |
B＋A Ed 2 |
| Stella Ting-Toomey
Face-Negotiation Theory |
F Ch 26 |
| John Turner (with Henri Tajfel)
Social Identity Theory |
B |
| Joseph Walther
Social Information Processing Theory |
F Ch 10 |
| Paul Watzlawick
The Interactional View |
A Ed 9 |
| Warren Weaver (with Claude Shannon)
Information Theory |
A Ed 3 |
| Max Weber
Classical Management Philosophy |
B |
| Karl Weick
Information Systems Approach to Organizations |
B＋A Ed 6 |
| Julia T Wood (with Sandra Harding)
Feminist Standpoint Theory |
F Ch 29 |
| Dolf Zillmann
Exitation Transfer Theory |
B |
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