Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication Theory

<p><b>Focuses on and presents watershed research traditions in human communication (interpersonal organizational and mass communication).</b></p><p>This sampling of watershed research traditions in interpersonal organizational and mass communication manifests how communication theory is developed defended and extended at a philosophical theoretical and practical level of inquiry from a plurality of research perspectives.</p><p>The book includes the foundational works of Pearce Cronen and Associates on the coordinated management of meaning; Berger Gudykunst and Associates on uncertainty and anxiety reduction theory; Cushman Nicotera and Associates on the communication rules involved in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; Delia Clark and Associates on constructivism; Deetz Mumby and Associates on critical theory; Desmond and Associates on mass communication theory; Sanders and Gottman on communication sequences; Cushman King and Associates on high-speed management; and Philipsen and Associates on the ethnography of communication.</p>