Developing communication theories
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Developing communication theories
（SUNY series in human communication processes）
State University of New York Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Well-known authors present not only their own theories of human communication, but also describe, from personal vantage points, the process by which they constructed their theories. The authors' narratives of their experiences in posing, formulating, and empirically investigating their questions provide invaluable instructional models for current students.
The vitality of this book derives from the communal focus on the theory and practice of language and other means of communicative conduct. Each chapter is concerned with the pragmatics of human communication and describes an original and systematic study of the phenomena with recourse to data. Together, these chapters represent a range of important contemporary directions in communication studies.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Gerry Philipsen and Terrance L. Albrecht
1. Patterns of Sociation and Cognitive Structure
Terrance L. Albrecht
2. Message Production under Uncertainty
Charles R. Berger
3. The Development of Theory about Automated Patterns of Face-to-Face Human Interaction
Joseph N. Cappella
4. Variation, Adaptation, and Functional Explanation in the Study of Message Design
Barbara J. O'Keefe
5. A Theory of Speech Codes
Gerry Philipsen
6. Developing Communication Theories
John Stewart
Contributors
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"