Theories of human communication / Stephen W. Littlejohn, Karen A. Foss.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-474) and index.

able of Contents

Preface xi
PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 (76)
1 Communication Theory and Scholarship 3 (16)
Defining Communication 4 (1)
The Academic Study of Communication 5 (4)
The Process of Inquiry in Communication 9 (10)
A Basic Model of Inquiry 9 (1)
Types of Scholarship 10 (1)
How Scholars Work 11 (3)
Notes 14 (5)
2 The Idea of Theory 19 (24)
Dimensions of Theory 20 (6)
Philosophical Assumptions 21 (3)
Concepts 24 (1)
Explanations 25 (1)
Principles 26 (1)
Nomothetic Theory 26 (4)
Philosophical Assumptions 28 (1)
Concepts 28 (1)
Explanations 29 (1)
Practical Theory 30 (4)
Philosophical Assumptions 31 (1)
Concepts 32 (1)
Explanations 32 (1)
Principles 32 (2)
Evaluating Communication Theory 34 (2)
Theoretical Scope 34 (1)
Appropriateness 34 (1)
Heuristic Value 35 (1)
Validity 35 (1)
Parsimony 35 (1)
Openness 36 (1)
So What Makes a Good Theory After All? 36 (1)
Looking Forward 36 (7)
Notes 38 (5)
3 Traditions of Communication Theory 43 (34)
Framing Communication Theory 43 (1)
The Semiotic Tradition 44 (3)
Key Ideas of the Semiotic Tradition 45 (1)
Variations in the Semiotic Tradition 46 (1)
The Phenomenological Tradition 47 (2)
Key Ideas of the Phenomenological 47 (1)
Tradition
Variations in the Phenomenological 48 (1)
Tradition
The Cybernetic Tradition 49 (3)
Key Ideas of the Cybernetic Tradition 50 (1)
Variations in the Cybernetic Tradition 51 (1)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 52 (2)
Key Ideas of the Sociopsychological 53 (1)
Tradition
Variations in the Sociopsychological 54 (1)
Tradition
The Sociocultural Tradition 54 (2)
Key Ideas of the Sociocultural Tradition 55 (1)
Variations in the Sociocultural 55 (1)
Tradition
The Critical Tradition 56 (5)
Key Ideas of the Critical Tradition 57 (1)
Variations in the Critical Tradition 58 (3)
The Rhetorical Tradition 61 (3)
Key Ideas of the Rhetorical Tradition 62 (1)
Variations in the Rhetorical Tradition 62 (2)
Expanding Contexts for Communication 64 (13)
Notes 69 (8)
PART II THEORIES 77 (346)
4 The Communicator 79 (44)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 80 (11)
Trait Theory 80 (3)
Cognition and Information Processing 83 (8)
The Cybernetic Tradition 91 (8)
Information-Integration Theory 91 (4)
Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 95 (2)
Problematic-Integration Theory 97 (2)
The Sociocultural Tradition 99 (7)
Symbolic Interaction and Self as a 99 (2)
Social Object
The Presentational Self 101(1)
The Communication Theory of Identity 102(2)
Identity Negotiation Theory 104(2)
The Rhetorical Tradition 106(3)
Richard Weaver's Theory of Truth and 106(2)
Rhetoric
Ernesto Grassi's Italian Humanism 108(1)
The Critical Tradition 109(14)
Standpoint Theory 110(2)
Identity as Constructed and Performed 112(1)
Queer Theory 112(2)
Applications & Implications 114(3)
Notes 117(6)
5 The Message 123(56)
The Semiotic Tradition 123(7)
Semiotics of Language 124(2)
Theories of Nonverbal Coding 126(4)
The Phenomenological Tradition 130(6)
Paul Ricoeur's Theory of Distanciation 132(1)
Stanley Fish's Reader-Response Theory 133(1)
Hans-Georg Gadamer's Philosophical 134(2)
Hermeneutics
The Rhetorical Tradition 136(9)
Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's New 137(1)
Rhetoric
Toulmin's Practical Argumentation 138(2)
Bitzer's Rhetorical Situation 140(1)
Burke's Theory of Identification 141(3)
Fisher's Narrative Paradigm 144(1)
The Sociocultural Tradition 145(7)
Speech Act Theory 145(3)
Language and Gender 148(4)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 152(27)
Action-Assembly Theory 152(3)
Strategy-Choice Models 155(7)
Message-Design Models 162(5)
Applications & Implications 167(4)
Notes 171(8)
6 The Conversation 179(50)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 180(10)
Managing Uncertainty and Anxiety 180(3)
Accommodation and Adaptation 183(7)
The Sociocultural Tradition 190(16)
Symbolic Interactionism 190(4)
Conversation Analysis 194(9)
Face-Negotiation Theory 203(3)
The Rhetorical Tradition 206(4)
Symbolic Convergence Theory 206(2)
Invitational Rhetoric 208(2)
The Cybernetic Tradition 210(6)
The Coordinated Management of Meaning 210(6)
The Critical Tradition 216(13)
Language-Centered Perspective on Culture 216(1)
Co-cultural Theory 217(1)
Applications & Implications 218(4)
Notes 222(7)
7 The Relationship 229(34)
The Cybernetic Tradition 230(2)
Relational Patterns of Interaction 230(2)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 232(6)
Relational Schemas in the Family 232(3)
Social Penetration Theory 235(3)
The Rhetorical Tradition 238(3)
Bakhtin's Theory of Dialogics 238(2)
Aimee Carrillo Rowe's Theory of 240(1)
Coalition and Alliance Building
The Sociocultural Tradition 241(10)
Identity Management Theory 242(3)
Relational Dialectics Theory 245(4)
Communication Privacy Management 249(2)
The Phenomenological Tradition 251(12)
Carl Rogers 251(3)
Martin Buber 254(1)
Applications & Implications 255(3)
Notes 258(5)
8 The Group 263(30)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 264(2)
Interaction-Process Analysis 264(2)
The Cybernetic Tradition 266(8)
Bona Fide Group Theory 266(2)
The Input-Process-Output Model 268(6)
The Sociocultural Tradition 274(9)
Structuration Theory 275(4)
Functional Theory 279(2)
Groupthink Theory 281(2)
The Critical Tradition 283(10)
Feminist Critique of Small Group Theory 283(2)
Applications & Implications 285(2)
Notes 287(6)
9 The Organization 293(40)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 294(2)
Managerialism and Weber's Theory of 294(2)
Bureaucracy
The Cybernetic Tradition 296(10)
The Process of Organizing 297(2)
Actor-Network Theory, Co-orientation, 299(4)
and the Montreal School
Network Theory 303(3)
The Rhetorical Tradition 306(4)
Organizational Control Theory 306(4)
The Sociocultural Tradition 310(6)
Structuration Theory 310(3)
Organizational Culture 313(3)
The Critical Tradition 316(17)
Discourse of Suspicion 317(2)
Corporate Colonization Theory 319(2)
Gender and Race in Organizational 321(3)
Communication
Applications & Implications 324(3)
Notes 327(6)
10 The Media 333(40)
The Semiotic Tradition 334(2)
Jean Baudrillard and the Semiotics of 335(1)
Media
The Sociocultural Tradition 336(12)
Medium Theory 336(5)
Agenda Setting and Framing 341(3)
Social Action Media Studies 344(4)
The Sociopsychological Tradition 348(5)
The Effects Tradition 348(1)
Cultivation Theory 349(2)
Uses, Gratifications, and Dependency 351(2)
The Cybernetic Tradition 353(5)
Spiral of Silence 354(2)
Lineation Theory 356(2)
The Rhetorical Tradition 358(2)
Kenneth Burke's Equipment for Living 358(2)
The Critical Tradition 360(13)
Critical Media Theories 360(1)
Feminist Media Studies 361(1)
Bell hooks's Critique of Media 362(1)
Applications & Implications 363(2)
Notes 365(8)
11 Culture and Society 373(50)
The Semiotic Tradition 373(5)
Linguistic Relativity 374(1)
Elaborated and Restricted Codes 375(3)
The Cybernetic Tradition 378(5)
Communication Networks and the Process 378(4)
of Diffusion
Cross-Cultural Adaptation Theory 382(1)
The Phenomenological Tradition 383(2)
Cultural Hermeneutics 383(2)
The Sociocultural Tradition 385(6)
Ethnography of Communication 385(4)
Performance Ethnography 389(2)
The Critical Tradition 391(19)
Modernism 392(7)
Postmodernism 399(7)
Poststructuralism and the Work of 406(2)
Michel Foucault
Postcolonialism 408(2)
The Rhetorical Tradition 410(13)
Critical Rhetoric 410(2)
Dana Cloud's Materiality of Discourse 412(1)
Applications & Implications 413(1)
Notes 414(9)
Continuing the Conversation: Theorizing Your 423(2)
World
Bibliography 425(50)
Index 475