The most widely used textbook for the communication theory course, "A First Look at Communication Theory" analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower and upper level courses. The theories represented in the text reflect a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and strike a balance of scientific and interpretive approaches.
1. Launching your study of communication theory
2. Talk about theory
3. Weighing the words
4. Mapping the territory (seven traditions in the field of communication theory)
5. Symbolic interactionism
6. Coordinated management of meaning (CMM)
7. Expectancy violation theory
8. Constructivism
9. Social penetration theory
10. Social informtion processing theory
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