Preface for Instructors

DIVISION ONE: OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 1: Launching Your Study of Communication Theory
CHAPTER 2: Talk About Theory
CHAPTER 3: Weighing the Words
CHAPTER 4: Mapping the Territory (Seven Traditions in the Field of Communication Theory)

DIVISION TWO: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Interpersonal Messages

CHAPTER 5: Symbolic Interactionism of George Herbert Mead
CHAPTER 6: Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
CHAPTER 7: Expectancy Violations Theory of Judee Burgoon
CHAPTER 8: Constructivism of Jesse Delia

Relationship Development

CHAPTER 9: Social Penetration Theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor
CHAPTER 10: Uncertainty Reduction Theory of Charles Berger
CHAPTER 11: Social Information Processing Theory of Joseph Walther

Relationship Maintenance

CHAPTER 12: Relational Dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery
CHAPTER 13: Communication Privacy Management Theory of Sandra Petronio
CHAPTER 14: The Interactional View of Paul Watzlawick

Influence

CHAPTER 15: Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer Sherif
CHAPTER 16: Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo
CHAPTER 17: Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon Festinger

DIVISION THREE GROUP AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

Group Communication

CHAPTER 18: Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran
CHAPTER 19: Symbolic Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann

Organizational Communication

CHAPTER 20: Cultural Approach to Organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky
CHAPTER 21: Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations of Stanley Deetz

Public Rhetoric

CHAPTER 22: The Rhetoric of Aristotle
CHAPTER 23: Dramatism of Kenneth Burke
CHAPTER 24: Narrative Paradigm of Walter Fisher

DIVISION FOUR MASS COMMUNICATION

Media and Culture

CHAPTER 25: Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhan
CHAPTER 26: Semiotics of Roland Barthes
CHAPTER 27: Cultural Studies of Stuart Hall

Media Effects

CHAPTER 28: Uses and Gratifications of Elihu Katz
CHAPTER 29: Cultivation Theory of George Gerbner
CHAPTER 30: Agenda-Setting Theory of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw

DIVISION FIVE CULTURAL CONTEXT

Intercultural Communication

CHAPTER 31: Communication Accommodation Theory of Howard Giles
CHAPTER 32: Face-Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting-Toomey
CHAPTER 33: Speech Codes Theory of Gerry Philipsen

Gender and Communication

CHAPTER 34: Genderlect Styles of Deborah Tannen
CHAPTER 35: Standpoint Theory of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood
CHAPTER 36: Muted Group Theory of Cheris Kramarae

DIVISION SIX INTEGRATION

CHAPTER 37: Common Threads in Comm Theories