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Focuses on and presents watershed research traditions in human communication (interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication).
This sampling of watershed research traditions in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication manifests how communication theory is developed, defended and extended at a philosophical, theoretical and practical level of inquiry from a plurality of research perspectives.
The book includes the foundational works of Pearce, Cronen, and Associates on the coordinated management of meaning; Berger, Gudykunst, and Associates on uncertainty and anxiety reduction theory; Cushman, Nicotera and Associates on the communication rules involved in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; Delia, Clark, and Associates on constructivism; Deetz, Mumby, and Associates on critical theory; Desmond and Associates on mass communication theory; Sanders and Gottman on communication sequences; Cushman, King, and Associates on high-speed management; and Philipsen and Associates on the ethnography of communication.
"This book's unique contribution is that each communication theory presented for discussion is examined at three levels—philosophical, theoretical, and practical. The approach has made it possible for the authors to reveal some of the hidden dimensions of each theory examined. It's going to be a very useful and appealing book due to this unique approach."— Yanan Ju, Central Connecticut State University
Preface
1. Human Communication Theory: Its Nature, Function, and Scope
Donald P. Cushman
Part I. Theories of the Human Communication Process
Branislav Kovacic
2. The Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory of Pearce, Cronen, and Associates
Gerry Philipsen
3. The Constructivist Theory of Delia, Clark, and Associates
Anne Maydan Nicotera
4. The Uncertainty Reduction and Anxiety-Uncertainty Reduction Theories of Berger, Gudykunst, and Associates
William Gudykunst
5. The Sequential Inferential Theories of Sanders and Gottman
Robert Sanders
Part II. Interpersonal Theories of Communication
Branislav Kovacic
6. The Rules Theory of Interpersonal Relationships by Cushman, Nicotera, and Associates
Andrew Moemeka and Branislav Kovacic
Part III. Organizational Communication Theories
Branislav Kovacic
7. The High-Speed Management and Organizational Communication: Cushman, King, and Associates
Sarah Sanderson King and Donald P. Cushman
8. The Democracy and Organizational Communication Theories of Deetz, Mumby, and Associates
Branislav Kovacic
Part IV. Mass Communication Paradigms
Branislav Kovacic
9. Illuminating the Black Box: The Psychological Tradition in Media Studies
Roger Desmond and Rod Carveth
Part V. Cultural Communication Theories
Branislav Kovacic
10. The Ethnographic Communication Theory of Philipsen and Associates
Donal Carbaugh
11. The Movement and Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication
Branislav Kovacic
Contributors
Index