Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication
Multiple Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 4. June 2008
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-1-4129-3851-8 (ISBN)
Description
Offering insights from a WhoAEs Who of scholars in interpersonal communication Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication: Multiple Perspectives highlights theories used to guide interpersonal communication research, featuring chapters written by leading scholars of interpersonal communication. Presenting both classic and cutting-edge issues, the book organizes theories into three clustersutheories that are individually-centered; theories that are focused on discourse and interaction processes; and theories that examine how communication functions in personal relationships. Key Features Presents chapters written by the scholars who developed the theories or who use the theories extensively in their own research Begins with an overview chapter written by the editors that lays out their perspective on theory and the current landscape of theory in interpersonal communication Offers a parallel organizational structure in all chapters to ease comparison across theories Includes overviews provided by the editors to help readers integrate and digest the multiple theories covered in the volume Intended Audience Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in such courses Applied Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Research, Interpersonal Communication, Personal Relationships, and Relational Communication in the fields of speech and human communication, family studies, and social psychology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
624 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-3851-8 (9781412938518)
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Leslie A. Baxter is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, where she has taught for 15 years. She has published over 130 books, book chapters, and articles on interpersonal and family communication. She is the recipient of many awards, including, from the National Communication Association, the Distinguished Scholar Award, the Bernard Brommel Family Communication Award, the Charles Woolbert Research Award, the Franklin Knower Article Award, and the Gerald Miller Book Award; the Berscheid-Hatfield Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (formerly INPR); and the inaugural WSCA Scholar Award from the Western States Communication Association.
Dawn O. Braithwaite (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is a Willa Cather Professor of Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studies discourse dependent families, dialectics of relating, and communication rituals in step- and voluntary families. She has published six authored and co-edited books, including Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.), Family Communication: Cohesion and Change (10th ed.) and over 125 articles and chapters.
Dr. Braithwaite was named a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association and the Western States Communication Association. She received NCA's Brommel Award for Family Communication, and the Samuel Becker Distinguished Service Award, She received the Distinguised Service award for WSCA and is a Past President. Dr. Braithwaite is a Past President of the National Communication Association.
Dawn O. Braithwaite (Ph.D. University of Minnesota) is a Willa Cather Professor of Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studies discourse dependent families, dialectics of relating, and communication rituals in step- and voluntary families. She has published six authored and co-edited books, including Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.), Family Communication: Cohesion and Change (10th ed.) and over 125 articles and chapters.
Dr. Braithwaite was named a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association and the Western States Communication Association. She received NCA's Brommel Award for Family Communication, and the Samuel Becker Distinguished Service Award, She received the Distinguised Service award for WSCA and is a Past President. Dr. Braithwaite is a Past President of the National Communication Association.
Content
Preface
1. Introduction: Meta-theory and Theory in Interpersonal Communication Research - Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter
PART I. INDIVIDUALLY-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
2. Action Assembly Theory - John O. Greene
3. Attribution Theory - Valerie Manusov, Brian H. Spitzberg
4. Constructivism Theory - Brant R. Burleson, Jessica J. Rack
5. Goals-Plans-Action Theory of Message Production - James Price Dillard
6. Imagined Interaction Theory - James M. Honeycutt
7. Planning Theory of Communication - Charles R. Berger
8. Relational Framing Theory - Denise Haunani Solomon, Rachel M. McLaren
9. Uncertainty Management Theories - Walid A. Afifi, Masaki Matsunaga
10. Uncertainty Reduction Theories - Leanne K. Knobloch
PART II. DISCOURSE/INTERACTION-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
11. Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis - Karen Tracy
12. Communication Accommodation Theory - Howard Giles
13. Conversation Analysis Theory - Jenny Mandelbaum
14. Expectancy Violations Theory and Interaction Adaptation Theory - Cindy H. White
15. Face Theory - Sandra Metts, William R. Cupach
16. Information Manipulation Theory - Steven McCornack
17. Interpersonal Deception Theory - Judee K. Burgoon, David B. Buller
18. Narrative Theories - Jody Koenig Kellas
19. Politeness Theory - Daena J. Goldsmith
20. Speech Codes Theory - Gerry Philipsen
PART III. RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
21. Affection Exchange Theory - Kory Floyd, Jeff Judd, Colin Hesse
22. Attachment Theory - Laura K. Guerrero
23. Communication Privacy Management Theory - Sandra Petronio, Wesley T. Durham
24. Critical Feminist Theories - Julia T. Wood
25. Relational Communication Theory - L. Edna Rogers
26. Relational Dialectics Theory - Leslie A. Baxter, Dawn O. Braithwaite
27. Stage Theories of Relationship Development - Paul A. Mongeau, Mary Lynn Miller Henningsen
28. Social Exchange Theories - Laura Stafford
29. Social Information Processing Theory - Joseph B. Walther
1. Introduction: Meta-theory and Theory in Interpersonal Communication Research - Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter
PART I. INDIVIDUALLY-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
2. Action Assembly Theory - John O. Greene
3. Attribution Theory - Valerie Manusov, Brian H. Spitzberg
4. Constructivism Theory - Brant R. Burleson, Jessica J. Rack
5. Goals-Plans-Action Theory of Message Production - James Price Dillard
6. Imagined Interaction Theory - James M. Honeycutt
7. Planning Theory of Communication - Charles R. Berger
8. Relational Framing Theory - Denise Haunani Solomon, Rachel M. McLaren
9. Uncertainty Management Theories - Walid A. Afifi, Masaki Matsunaga
10. Uncertainty Reduction Theories - Leanne K. Knobloch
PART II. DISCOURSE/INTERACTION-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
11. Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis - Karen Tracy
12. Communication Accommodation Theory - Howard Giles
13. Conversation Analysis Theory - Jenny Mandelbaum
14. Expectancy Violations Theory and Interaction Adaptation Theory - Cindy H. White
15. Face Theory - Sandra Metts, William R. Cupach
16. Information Manipulation Theory - Steven McCornack
17. Interpersonal Deception Theory - Judee K. Burgoon, David B. Buller
18. Narrative Theories - Jody Koenig Kellas
19. Politeness Theory - Daena J. Goldsmith
20. Speech Codes Theory - Gerry Philipsen
PART III. RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
21. Affection Exchange Theory - Kory Floyd, Jeff Judd, Colin Hesse
22. Attachment Theory - Laura K. Guerrero
23. Communication Privacy Management Theory - Sandra Petronio, Wesley T. Durham
24. Critical Feminist Theories - Julia T. Wood
25. Relational Communication Theory - L. Edna Rogers
26. Relational Dialectics Theory - Leslie A. Baxter, Dawn O. Braithwaite
27. Stage Theories of Relationship Development - Paul A. Mongeau, Mary Lynn Miller Henningsen
28. Social Exchange Theories - Laura Stafford
29. Social Information Processing Theory - Joseph B. Walther