Explaining communication : contemporary theories and exemplars
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mahwah, NJ :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ,
c2007
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| Series: | Lea's communication series
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The nature and evaluation of theory
- 2. Discourse and identity : language or talk
- 3. Nonverbal communication
- 4. Impression formation
- 5. Communication theory and the concept of goal
- 6. Constructivism : a general theory of communication skill
- 7. Aggressiveness communication
- 8. Plans, planning, and communication effectiveness
- 9. Formulating and producing verbal and nonverbal messages : an action assembly theory
- 10. Problematic integration theory
- 11. A theory of communication and uncertainty management
- 12. Brown and Levinson's politeness theory
- 13. Accounts
- 14. Communication privacy management theory
- 15. Social dialectics : the contradictions of relating
- 16. Communication accommodation theory
- 17. Relational communication : as viewed from the pragmatic perspective
- 18. Conversational Interaction : understanding how family members talk through cancer
- 19. Pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation
- 20. Tides in the ocean : a layered approach to communication and culture
- 21. Historical contexts and trends in development of communication theory