A first look at communication theory

Talk about theory

Information theory of Claude Shannon & Warren Weaver

Mediational theory of meaning of Charles Osgood

Coordinated management of meaning of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen

General semantics of Alfred Korzybski

Proxemic theory of Edward Hall

Symbolic interactionism of George Herbert Mead

A different voice of Carol Gilligan

FIRO theory of William Schutz

Hierachy of needs of Abraham Maslow

Action assembly theory of John Greene

Constructivism of Jesse Delia

Attribution theory of Fritz Heider

Interactional view of Paul Watzlawick

Social penetration theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor

Existential theory Carl Rogers

Social judgment theory of Muzafer Sherif

Cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festlinger

Elaboration likelihood model of Richart Petty & John Cacioppo Interact system model of decision emergence of B. Aubrey Fisher

Groupthink of Irving Janis

Social exchange theory of John Thibaut & Harold Kelley

Information systems approach to organizations of Karl Weick

Cultural approach to organizations of Clifford Geertz

The art of rhetoric of Aristotle

Dramatism of Kenneth Burke

Technological determinism of Marshall McLuhan

Cultivation theory of George Gerbner

Critical theory of Stuart Hall

Social learning theory of Albert Bandura

Agenda-setting function of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw

Spiral of silence of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Communication ethics

Order out of chaos