Includes bibliographical references and index.

Launching your study of communication theory -- Talk about theory -- Weighing the words -- Mapping the territory (seven traditions in the field of communication theory) -- Symbolic interactionism -- Coordinated management of meaning (CMM) -- Expectancy violations theory -- Social penetration theory -- Uncertainty reduction theory -- Social information processing theory -- Relational dialectics theory -- Communication privacy management theory -- Media multiplexity theory -- Social judgment theory -- Elaboration likelihood model -- Cognitive dissonance theory -- Functional perspective on group decision making -- Symbolic convergence theory -- Cultural approach to organizations -- Communicative constitution of organizations -- Critical theory of communication in organizations -- Muted group theory -- Communication accommodation -- Face- negotiation theory -- Co- cultural theory -- Common threads in comm theories.