This text presents 34 communication theories, from classic to new work, based on one chapter per theory. Extended examples are used to explain each theory, which should help students understand theories by applying their explanations and predictions to real-life situations. Ethics are covered in a special chapter and throughout the text, helping students to focus on the ethical implications of communication theories. Each chapter concludes with a critique of the theory, summarizing its strengths and weaknesses and raising critical questions to encourage analysis and give students an appreciation of the on-going process of communication research. Cartoons are also included to illustrate important concepts. Chapter One provides criteria for determining what makes a communication theory good, encouraging critical thinking from the start. This edition features a new chapter on the history of the communication discipline and a chapter that explains and illustrates two different approaches to communication research and theory: social scientific and humanistic. Totally new sections on intercultural communication and gender communication are also included. Ten new theories are presented, including William Gudykunst's anxiety/uncertainty management theory, Stella Ting-Toomey's face-negotiation theory and Deborah Tannen's genderlect styles.

A First Look at Communication Theory

Politics & Social Sciences

Em Griffin

Philosophy

Mcgraw-Hill College

Intended for courses in communication theory at the freshman to senior level, this text covers verbal and nonverbal messages; cognitive processing; relationship development and maintenance; influence; decision making; intercultural and gender communication; organizational communication; public speaking; media and culture; and the effects of the media. This edition features a chapter covering the history of the communication discipline; improved coverage of ethics; and five new theories including Borman's convergence theory and Hirakawa's functional perspective (group decision making theories); Deetz's critical communication theory for organizations; Zillman's mood management theory; and Philipsen's ethnography of communication.

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Companies

First Look at Communication Theory

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

Conversations with Communication Theorists : A First Look At Communication Theory - 2 Disk Set.

Conversations with Communication Theorists : A First Look At Communication Theory - 2 Disk Set.

McGraw=Hill

The most widely-used textbook for the communication theory course, A First Look at Communication Theory analyzes the major communication theories at a level that is appropriate for both lower- and upper-level courses. The 33 theories represented in the text reflect a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and strike a balance of scientific and interpretive approaches.

Glen McClish

A First Look at Communication Theory (Conversations with Communication Theorists)

Making Friends (and Making Them Count)

Religion & Spirituality

Kingsway Publications

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Literature & Fiction

FIRST LOOK AT COMMUNICATION THEORY

ISBN: 9781260091564 is an International Student Edition of A First Look at Communication Theory 10th Edition by Em Griffin, Andrew M. Ledbetter and Glenn G. Sparks This ISBN 9781260091564 is Textbook only. It will not come with online access code. Online Access code (should only be purchased when required by an instructor ) sold separately at ISBN 9781260132403 The content of of this title on all formats are the same. The tenth edition of A First Look at Communication Theory justifies again the program’s enduring popularity. Griffin, joined by colleagues Andrew Ledbetter and Glenn Sparks, encourages students who are encountering the field for the first time to tackle theories without fear. The authors introduce 32 diverse theories that are a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and, with the benefit of numerous examples and connections to pop culture, help students apply them to their own lives. This program ensures that students have a solid foundation with which to begin understanding the relationships between theories.

A First Look at Communication Theory 10th Edition

Andrew M. Ledbetter

Glenn G. Sparks

McGraw–Hill Education

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