TY - BOOK AU - Littlejohn,Stephen W. AU - Foss,Karen A. TI - Theories of human communication. SN - 9781577667063 (pbk.) AV - P90.L48 U1 - 302.2 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Illinois PB - Waveland Press KW - Communication KW - Philosophy N1 - 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 ER -