A First Look at Communication Theory
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The tenth edition of A First Look at Communication Theory justifies again the program's enduring popularity. Em Griffin, now joined by colleagues Andrew Ledbetter and Glenn Sparks, encourages students who are encountering the field for the first time to tackle theories without fear. The text's conversational style and relevant examples keep complex theories within the grasp of first-time theory students. The authors introduce 32 diverse theories that are a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and, with the benefit of numerous examples and connections to pop culture, help students apply them to their own lives. The discrete presentation of the theories ensures a well-rounded understanding of each while promoting integrative thinking and facilitating the ability of instructors to skip or rearrange their presentation. The broad selection of theories-from the classics to the cutting edge-ensures that students have a solid foundation with which to begin understanding the relationships between theories. New to This Edition?Responding to instructors' desire to offer students more than one social media theory, a new chapter highlights Caroline Hawthornthwaite's media multiplexity theory.?A new chapter features Marc Orbe's co-cultural theory, which is based on extensive phenomenological research among the LGBTQ community, people with physical disabilities, and African American men. ?The discussion of relational dialectics theory has been fully updated to center on Baxter's second version of the theory, which draws heavily on the thinking of Mikhail Bahktin.?Updated examples will appeal to current students, including the illustration of social judgment theory with the issue of gun control rather than airline safety. ?A revised critique of social information processing theory cites MIT professor Sherry Turkle's challenge to Walther's basic claim that anything we do face-to-face can be done just as well or better online.?Cultural studies now includes Larry Frey's appeal for communicative activism for social justice. This is the only ethical reflection in the book highlighting an ethicist currently active in the field of communication.?Based on updated research, the presentation of face-negotiation theory has been simplified.?End-of-chapter Critique sections are sharpened.

Table of Contents:
A First Look at Communication Theory, 10e Division 1 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 2: 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 Relationship Development CHAPTER 8: Social Penetration Theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor CHAPTER 9: Uncertainty Reduction Theory of Charles Berger CHAPTER 10: Social Information Processing Theory of Joseph Walther Relationship Maintenance CHAPTER 11: Relational Dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery CHAPTER 12: Communication Privacy Management Theory of Sandra Petronio CHAPTER 13: Media Multiplexity Theory of Caroline Hawthornthwaite  Influence CHAPTER 14: Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer Sherif CHAPTER 15: Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo CHAPTER 16: Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon Festinger Division 3: Group and Public Communication Group Communication CHAPTER 17: Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making of Randy Hirokawa & Dennis Gouran CHAPTER 18: Symbolic Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann Organizational Communication CHAPTER 19: Cultural Approach to Organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky CHAPTER 20: Communicative Constitution of Organizations of Robert McPhee 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 4: 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 5: Cultural Context Gender and Communication CHAPTER 31: Genderlect Styles of Deborah Tannen CHAPTER 32: Standpoint Theory of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood CHAPTER 33: Muted Group Theory of Cheris Kramarae Intercultural Communication CHAPTER 34: Communication Accommodation Theory of Howard Giles CHAPTER 35: Face-Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting-Toomey CHAPTER 36: Co-Cultural Theory of Mark Orbe Division 6: Integration Integration CHAPTER 37: Common Threads in Comm Theories Appendix A: Abstracts of Theories Appendix B: Feature Films That Illustrate Communication Theories Appendix C: NCA Credo for Ethical Communication 


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  • ISBN-13: 9781259913785
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Mcgraw-Hill Education
  • Height: 254 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 973 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1259913783
  • Publisher Date: 20 Feb 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 203 mm


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