SOME COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND THEORISTS
Theories
Adaptive Structuration Theory
Agenda-Setting Theory
Constructivism
Critical Theory
Cultural Studies Theory
Cultivation Analysis
Cultivation Theory
Cultural Communication Theory
Cultural Imperialism Theory
Dramatism
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Expectancy Violations Theory
Face-Negotiation Theory
Framing
Functional Theory of Group Decision Making
Genderlect Stylest
Integrative theory of communication
Interpersonal Deception Theory
Magic Bullet Theory
Media Equation Theory
Medium Theories
Multiple Process Theories
Muted Group Theory
Persuasive Messages Theory
Phenomenistic
Social Action Theory
Social Judgment Theory
Social Penetration Theory
Social Situationism
Spiral of Silence Theory
Symbolic Convergence Theory
Technological Determinism
Uncertainty Reduction
Uses and gratification theory
Theorists
Aristotle
Charles Berger
Ernest Bormann
Judee Burgoon
Kenneth Burke
Stanley Deeta
Jesse Delia
Harold Garfinkel
George Gerbner
Erving Goffman.
Dennis Gouran
Ern Griffin
William Gudykunst
Randy Hirokawa
Robert Hopper
Harold Innis
Cheris Kramaraw
Marshall McLuhan
George Herbert Mead
Robert Norton
Michael Pacanowsky
Gerry Philipsen
Anita Pomeranz
Marshall Scott Poole
Linda Putnam
Hugh Rank
Byron Reeves & Clifford Nass
Harvey Sacks
Emanual Schegloff
Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
Deborah Tannen
Stella Ting-Toomey
D. Lawrence Wieder
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Last Updated: June 23, 2008