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Theories Of Human Communication With Infotrac

by: Littlejohn, Stephen W.; Foss, Karen A.

Theories Of Human Communication With Infotrac

by: Littlejohn, Stephen W.; Foss, Karen A.

ISBN 13:
9780534638733
ISBN 10:
0534638732
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/14/2004
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

THEORIES OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION is considered the seminal text in the field. Littlejohn and Foss present the range of communication theoriescurrently available in the discipline, organizing them according to the scholarly traditions and contexts from which they emerge. Clear andaccessible writing, charts that summarize the relationships among theories, and sections devoted to applications and implications help positiontheories within the discipline as a whole.

PART I Foundations

(61)

Communication Theory and Scholarship

(14)

The Academic Study of Communication

(1)

Introducing Communication Theory

(2)

Developing Theories

(4)

A Basic Model of Inquiry

(1)

Types of Scholarship

(1)

Making Communication Theories

(2)

Communication Theory as a Field

(2)

Levels of Communication

(1)

The Intellectual Structure of the Communication Field

(1)

Defining Communication

(1)

Notes

(3)

The Idea of Theory

(18)

Beginning to Know Theory

(1)

Basic Elements of Theory

(5)

Philosophical Assumptions

(3)

Concepts

(1)

Explanations

(1)

Principles

(1)

Theoretical Ideals

(6)

Nomothetic Theory

(3)

Practical Theory

(3)

Evaluating Communication Theory

(2)

Theoretical Scope

(1)

Appropriateness

(1)

Heuristic Value

(1)

Validity

(1)

Parsimony

(1)

Openness

(1)

Looking Forward

(1)

Notes

(3)

Traditions of Communication Theory

(27)

Framing Communication Theory

(1)

The Semiotic Tradition

(3)

Key Ideas of the Semiotic Tradition

(2)

Variations in the Semiotic Tradition

(1)

The Phenomenological Tradition

(2)

Key Ideas of the Phenomenological Tradition

(1)

Variations in the Phenomenological Tradition

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

(2)

Key Ideas of the Cybernetic Tradition

(2)

Variations in the Cybernetic Tradition

(1)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

(2)

Key Ideas of the Sociopsychological Tradition

(1)

Variations in the Sociopsychological Tradition

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

(2)

Key Ideas of the Sociocultural Tradition

(1)

Variations in the Sociocultural Tradition

(1)

The Critical Tradition

(4)

Key Ideas of the Critical Tradition

(1)

Variations in the Critical Tradition

(3)

The Rhetorical Tradition

(3)

Key Ideas of the Rhetorical Tradition

(1)

Variations in the Rhetorical Tradition

(2)

Expanding Contexts for Communication

(1)

Notes

(7)

PART II Theories

(280)

The Communicator

(37)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

(9)

Traits

(2)

Cognition and Information Processing

(7)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

(8)

Information-Integration Theory

(3)

Consistency Theories

(3)

Problematic Integration Theory

(1)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

(6)

Symbolic Interaction and the Development of Self

(1)

Social Construction of Self

(2)

The Social Construction of Emotion

(1)

The Presentational Self

(2)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

(1)

The Critical Tradition

(4)

Standpoint Theory

(1)

Identity as Constructed and Performed

(1)

Queer Theory

(2)

Reflections on the Critical Tradition

(1)

Applications & Implications

(3)

Notes

(4)

The Message

(43)

The Semiotic Tradition

101

(7)

Symbol Theory: Susanne Langer

101

(2)

Classical Foundations of Language

103

(1)

Theories of Nonverbal Signs

104

(4)

Reflections on the Semiotic Tradition

108

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

108

(7)

Speech Act Theory

108

(3)

Kenneth Burke's Theory of Identification

111

(2)

Language and Gender

113

(1)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

114

(1)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

115

(12)

Action Assembly Theory

115

(2)

Strategy Choice Models

117

(5)

Message Design Models

122

(3)

Semantic Meaning Theory

125

(2)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

127

(1)

The Phenomenological Tradition

127

(6)

Paul Ricoeur

129

(1)

Stanley Fish

130

(1)

Hans-Georg Gadamer

131

(1)

Reflections on the Phenomenological Tradition

132

(1)

Applications & Implications

133

(4)

Notes

137

(5)

The Conversation

142

(44)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

144

(10)

Managing Uncertainty and Anxiety

144

(3)

Accommodation and Adaptation

147

(6)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

153

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

154

(15)

Symbolic Interactionism

154

(3)

Symbolic Convergence Theory

157

(1)

Conversation Analysis

158

(9)

Face Negotiation Theory

167

(2)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

169

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

169

(5)

The Coordinated Management of Meaning

170

(4)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

174

(1)

The Critical Tradition

174

(3)

Language-Centered Perspective on Culture

174

(1)

Invitational Rhetoric

175

(2)

Reflections on the Critical Tradition

177

(1)

Applications & Implications

177

(4)

Notes

181

(5)

The Relationship

186

(27)

The Cybernetic Tradition

189

(2)

Relational Patterns of Interaction

189

(1)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

190

(1)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

191

(5)

Relational Schemas in the Family

191

(3)

Social Penetration Theory

194

(2)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

196

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

196

(8)

Bakhtin's Theory of Dialogics

196

(3)

A Dialectical Theory of Relationships

199

(3)

Communication Privacy Management

202

(2)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

204

(1)

The Phenomenological Tradition

204

(3)

Carl Rogers

204

(2)

Martin Buber

206

(1)

Reflections on the Phenomenological Tradition

207

(1)

Applications & Implications

207

(3)

Notes

210

(3)

The Group

213

(26)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

216

(2)

Interaction Process Analysis

216

(2)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

218

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

218

(7)

Bona Fide Group Theory

218

(1)

Input-Process-Output Model

219

(2)

Fisher's Interaction Analysis

221

(2)

Effective Intercultural Work Group Theory

223

(2)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

225

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

225

(8)

The Structurational Perspective

225

(5)

Functional Theory

230

(2)

Groupthink Theory

232

(1)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

233

(1)

Applications & Implications

233

(3)

Notes

236

(3)

The Organization

239

(34)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

242

(3)

Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy

242

(2)

Likert's Four Systems

244

(1)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

245

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

245

(4)

The Process of Organizing

245

(2)

Network Theory

247

(2)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

249

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

249

(12)

Conversation and Text in the Process of Organizing

250

(2)

Structuration Theory

252

(2)

Organizational Control Theory

254

(4)

Organizational Culture

258

(2)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

260

(1)

The Critical Tradition

261

(5)

Dennis Mumby's Hermeneutic of Suspicion

261

(1)

Deetz on Managerialism and Organizational Democracy

262

(1)

Gender and Race in Organizational Communication

263

(2)

Reflections on the Critical Tradition

265

(1)

Applications & Implications

266

(3)

Notes

269

(4)

The Media

273

(27)

The Semiotic Tradition

275

(2)

Jean Baudrillard and the Semiotics of Media

276

(1)

Reflections on the Semiotic Tradition

277

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

277

(7)

Medium Theory

277

(2)

The Agenda-Setting Function

279

(3)

Social Action Media Studies

282

(2)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

284

(1)

The Sociopsychological Tradition

284

(6)

The Effects Tradition

284

(2)

Uses, Gratifications, and Dependency

286

(2)

Cultivation Theory

288

(1)

Reflections on the Sociopsychological Tradition

289

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

290

(2)

Public Opinion and the Spiral of Silence

290

(1)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

291

(1)

The Critical Tradition

292

(2)

Branches of Critical Media Theory

292

(1)

Reflections on the Critical Tradition

293

(1)

Applications & Implications

294

(2)

Notes

296

(4)

Culture and Society

300

(41)

The Semiotic Tradition

302

(4)

Linguistic Relativity

302

(1)

Elaborated and Restricted Codes

303

(3)

Reflections on the Semiotic Tradition

306

(1)

The Cybernetic Tradition

306

(4)

Dynamic Social Impact Theory

306

(2)

The Diffusion of Information and Influence

308

(2)

Reflections on the Cybernetic Tradition

310

(1)

The Phenomenological Tradition

310

(2)

Cultural Hermeneutics

310

(2)

Reflections on the Phenomenological Tradition

312

(1)

The Sociocultural Tradition

312

(4)

Ethnography of Communication

312

(3)

Performance Ethnography

315

(1)

Reflections on the Sociocultural Tradition

316

(1)

The Critical Tradition

316

(17)

Modernism

317

(7)

Postmodernism

324

(5)

Poststructuralism and the Work of Michel Foucault

329

(2)

Postcolonialism

331

(1)

Reflections on the Critical Tradition

332

(1)

Applications & Implications

333

(2)

Notes

335

(6)

PART III Integration

341

(9)

Making Theories Personal

342

(8)

Notes

349

(1)

Bibliography

350

(31)

Index

381

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