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Chapter 3—Weighing the Words
Chapter 4—Mapping the Territory
Chapter 5—Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 6—Expectancy Violations Theory
Chapter 7—Family Communication Patterns Theory
Chapter 8—Social Penetration Theory
Chapter 9—Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Chapter 10—Social Information Processing Theory
Chapter 11—Relational Dialectics Theory
Chapter 12—Communication Privacy Management Theory
Chapter 13—Media Multiplexity Theory
Chapter 14—Social Judgment Theory
Chapter 15—Elaboration Likelihood Model
Chapter 16—Cognitive Dissonance
Chapter 17—The Rhetoric
Chapter 18—Dramatism
Chapter 19—Narrative Paradigm
Chapter 21—Symbolic Convergence Theory
Chapter 22—Cultural Approach to Organizations
Chapter 23—Communicative Constitution of Organizations
Chapter 25—Communication Accommodation Theory
Chapter 26—Face-Negotiation Theory
Chapter 27—Co-Cultural Theory
Chapter 28—Afrocentricity
Chapter 29—Feminist Standpoint Theory
Chapter 30—Muted Group Theory
Chapter 31—Media Ecology
Chapter 32—Context Collapse
Chapter 33—Semiotics
Chapter 34—Cultural Studies
Chapter 35—Uses and Gratifications
Chapter 36—Cultivation Theory
Chapter 37—Agenda-Setting Theory
Chapter 38—Common Threads in Comm Theories
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SELF QUIZ
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in this short
video overview
(3:01).
11th Edition
These quizzes are designed for student preparation. They consist of a combination of 30 true-false and multiple choice questions per chapter. The questions are randomly selected, so the questions and order change each time you take the quiz.
To make it easy to get to a quiz when you need it, there are four ways you can access them:
- Select a chapter from the list below.
- Switch to View by Theory, then select the desired theory from the drop-down list at the top of the page. If a quiz is available, the Self-Help Quizzes option will be active.
- From the Table of Contents clicking on a chapter title will take you to Theory Reources for that chapter component or theory.
- From the Theory List, clicking on a theory title (when active) will take you to Theory Resources for that theory.
Get started now. Click on a chapter title:
Chapter 3—Weighing the Words
Chapter 4—Mapping the Territory
Chapter 5—Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 6—Expectancy Violations Theory
Chapter 7—Family Communication Patterns Theory
Chapter 8—Social Penetration Theory
Chapter 9—Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Chapter 10—Social Information Processing Theory
Chapter 11—Relational Dialectics Theory
Chapter 12—Communication Privacy Management Theory
Chapter 13—Media Multiplexity Theory
Chapter 14—Social Judgment Theory
Chapter 15—Elaboration Likelihood Model
Chapter 16—Cognitive Dissonance
Chapter 17—The Rhetoric
Chapter 18—Dramatism
Chapter 19—Narrative Paradigm
Chapter 21—Symbolic Convergence Theory
Chapter 22—Cultural Approach to Organizations
Chapter 23—Communicative Constitution of Organizations
Chapter 25—Communication Accommodation Theory
Chapter 26—Face-Negotiation Theory
Chapter 27—Co-Cultural Theory
Chapter 28—Afrocentricity
Chapter 29—Feminist Standpoint Theory
Chapter 30—Muted Group Theory
Chapter 31—Media Ecology
Chapter 32—Context Collapse
Chapter 33—Semiotics
Chapter 34—Cultural Studies
Chapter 35—Uses and Gratifications
Chapter 36—Cultivation Theory
Chapter 37—Agenda-Setting Theory
Chapter 38—Common Threads in Comm Theories
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