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Littlejohn, Stephen W.

Theories of human communication. / Human communication Stephen W. Littlejohn, and Karen A. Foss. - 10th ed. - Illinois : Waveland Press, c2011. - xii, 487 p. : ills. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-474) and index.

Contents: Foundations: Communication theory and scholarship: Defining communication -- The Academic study of communication -- The Process of inquiry in communication -- The idea of theory: Dimensions of theory -- Nomothetic theory -- Practical theory -- Evaluating communication theory -- Looking forward -- Traditions of communication theory: Framing communication theory -- The Semiotic tradition -- The phenomenological tradition -- The Cybernetic tradition -- The Sociopsychological tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Critical tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- Expanding contexts for communication -- Theories: The Communicator: The Sociopsychological tradition -- The Cybernetic tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- The Critical tradition -- The Message: The Semiotic tradition -- The Phenomenological tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Sociopsychological tradition -- The Conversation: the sociopsychological tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- The Cybernetic tradition -- The Critical tradition -- The relationship: the cybernetic tradition -- The sociopsychological tradition -- The rhetorical tradition -- The sociocultural tradition -- The phenomenological tradition -- The group: The sociopsychological tradition -- The cybernetic tradition -- The sociocultural tradition -- The critical tradition -- The organization: The sociopsychological tradition -- The cybernetic tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Critical tradition -- The media: The semiotic tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Sociopsychological tradition -- The Cybernetic tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- The Critical tradition -- Culture and society: The Semiotic tradition -- The Cybernetic tradition -- The Phenomenological tradition -- The Sociocultural tradition -- The Critical tradition -- The Rhetorical tradition -- Continuing the conversation: Theorizing your world.

ISBN: 9781577667063 (pbk.) 1577667069 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011410613

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communication--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: P90.L48

Dewey Class. No.: 302.2