Part 1 Overview: introduction; talk about theory; talk about communication; weighing the words. Part 2 Messages: verbal messages; Information theory, Shannon, Weaver; The meaning of meanings, Richards; Coordinated management of meaning, Perace, Cronen; Symbolic interactionism, Mead; nonverbal messages; Expectancy violation theory, Burgoon; Semiotics, Barthes; ethical reflections; Kant's categorical imperative; Bok's principle of veracity: Augustine's divine will. Part 3 Interpersonal communication: Cognitive processing constructivism, Delia; relationship development; Social penetration theory, ALtman, Taylor; Uncertainty reduction theory, Berger; relationship maintenance; The interactional view, Watzlawick; The relational dialectics, Baxter, Montgomery; influence; Social judgment theory, Sherif; Cognitive dissonance theory, Festinger; Elaboration likelihood model, Patty, Cacioppo; ethical reflections; Buber's dialogic ethics; Nilsen's significant choice. Part 4 Group and public communication; decision making; Groupthink, Janis; Functional perspective on group; Decision making, Hirokawa, Gouran; organizational communication; information systems; Approach to organizations, Weick; Cultural approach to organizations, Geertz, Pacanowsky; radical democracy; public rhetoric; The art of rhetoric, Aristotle; Dramatism, Burke; Narrative paradigm, Fisher. Part 5 Mass communication: media and culture; Technological determinism, McLuhan; Cultivation theory, Gerbner; Cultural studies, Hall; Media effects agenda-setting function, McComs, Shaw; Spiral of silence Noella-Neumann; ethical reflections; Habermans'discourse ethics; Christians' communitarian ethics. Part 6 Cultural context: intercultural communication; anxiety/uncertainty management theory; Face-negotiation, Ting-Toomey; Speech codes theory - ethnography of communication, Philipsen; Gender and communication; Genderlect styles, Tannen; Muted group theory, Kramarae; ethical reflections; Benhabib's interactive universalism; Gilligan's different voice. Part 7 Integration: communication theory; order out of chaos. Appendices: abstracts of theories; academic journals that focus on communication theory; feature films that illustrate communication theory.
