Stephen Littlejohn (Ph.D., University of Utah), is a conflict management consultant, mediator, facilitator, and trainer. He is consultant for the Public Dialogue Consortium and a partner in Domenici Littlejohn, Inc. Stephen is co-author of Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide (Sage, 1997) and has written numerous other books and articles on communication and conflict. He was a professor of communication at Humboldt State University in California and is currently Adjunct Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He has done research on mediation and conflict management for 19 years and has been an active mediator for eight. Stephen has been a consultant for such clients as the Waco Youth Summit, the Alliance for Constructive Communication, the City of Cupertino, Columbia Basin College, and Washington State University.
Publisher
SAGE
Volume
Copyright
2009
ISBN13
9781412959384
Release
Format
eBook
Grade Level
College Freshman - College Senior
DDC
TBD
Overview
With more than 300 entries, these two volumes provide a one-stop source for a comprehensive overview of the communication theory field. The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory offers current descriptions of the theories that explain numerous aspects of communication and presents the background issues and concepts that comprise these theories. Focusing exclusively on communication theory, this is the first resource to summarize, in one place, the diversity of theory in the communication field.Key Themes:
Applications and Contexts
Critical Orientations
Cultural Orientations
Cybernetic and Systems Orientations
Feminist Orientations
Group and Organizational Concepts
Information, Media, and Communication Technology
International and Global Concepts
Interpersonal Concepts
Non-Western Orientations
Paradigms, Traditions, and Schools
Philosophical Orientations
Psycho-Cognitive Orientations
Rhetorical Orientations
Semiotic, Linguistic, and Discursive Orientations
Social/Interactional Orientations
Theory, Metatheory, Methodology, and Inquiry
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Editorial Board.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Reader’s Guide.
Theorists.
About the Editors and Editorial Board.
Contributors.
Introduction.
Chronology.
1: Accommodation Theory.
2: Accounts and Account Giving.
3: Action Assembly Theory.
4: Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis.
5: Activation Theory of Information Exposure.
6: Activity Theory.
7: Actor–Network Theory.
8: Advertising Theories.
9: Affect-Dependent Theory of Stimulus Arrangements.
10: Afrocentricity.
11: Agency.
12: Agenda-Setting Theory.
13: Americanization of Media.
14: Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory.
15: Archeology and Genealogy.
16: Argumentation Theories.
17: Argumentativeness, Assertiveness, and Verbal Aggressiveness Theory.
18: Asian Communication Theory.
19: Attachment Theory.
20: Attitude Theory.
21: Attribution Theory.
22: Audience Theories.
23: Autoethnography.
24: Axiology.
25: Black Feminist Epistemology.
26: Bona Fide Group Theory.
27: Broadcasting Theories.
28: Buddhist Communication Theory.
29: Campaign Communication Theories.
30: Chicana Feminism.
31: Chinese Harmony Theory.
32: Chronemics.
33: Citizenship.
34: Classical Rhetorical Theory.
35: Co-Cultural Theory.
36: Cognitive Dissonance Theory.
37: Cognitive Theories.
38: Collective Information Sampling.
39: Communibiology.
40: Communication Across the Life Span.
41: Communication and Language Acquisition and Development.
