Introducing communication theory : analysis and application / Richard L. West and Lynn H. Turner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Foundations -- CHAPTER 1: Thinking About Communication: Definition, Models, and Ethics -- CHAPTER 2: Thinking About the Field: Traditions and Contexts -- CHAPTER 3: Thinking About Theory and Research -- Part 2 Empirical/Post-Positivist Theories -- Intrapersonal: The Self and Messages -- CHAPTER 4: Expectancy Violations Theory -- Interpersonal: Relationship Development -- CHAPTER 5: Uncertainty Reduction Theory -- CHAPTER 6: Social Exchange Theory -- CHAPTER 7: Social Penetration Theory -- CHAPTER 8: Social Information Processing Theory -- Groups, Teams, and Organizations -- CHAPTER 9: Structuration Theory -- CHAPTER 10: Organizational Information Theory -- The Media -- CHAPTER 11: Agenda Setting Theory -- CHAPTER 12: Spiral of Silence Theory -- CHAPTER 13: Uses and Gratifications Theory -- Culture and Diversity -- CHAPTER 14: Face-Negotiation Theory -- Part 3 Interpretive Theories -- Intrapersonal: The Self and Messages -- CHAPTER 15: Symbolic Interaction Theory -- CHAPTER 16: Coordinated Management of Meaning -- Interpersonal: Relationship Development -- CHAPTER 17: Communication Privacy Management Theory -- Groups, Teams, and Organizations -- CHAPTER 18: Groupthink -- CHAPTER 19: Organizational Culture Theory -- The Public -- CHAPTER 20: The Rhetoric -- CHAPTER 21: Dramatism -- CHAPTER 22: The Narrative Paradigm -- The Media -- CHAPTER 23: Media Ecology Theory -- Culture and Diversity -- CHAPTER 24: Communication Accommodation Theory -- Part 4 Critical Theories -- Relationship Development -- CHAPTER 25: Relational Dialectics Theory -- The Media -- CHAPTER 26: Cultivation Theory -- CHAPTER 27: Cultural Studies Theory -- Culture and Diversity -- CHAPTER 28: Muted Group Theory -- CHAPTER 29: Feminist Standpoint Theory -- CHAPTER 30: Co-Cultural Theory.