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Original Title:	A First Look at Communication Theory
ISBN:	0072824824 (ISBN13: 9780072824827)
Edition Language:	English

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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.

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Title	:	A First Look at Communication Theory with Conversations with Communication Theorists CD-ROM 2.0
Author	:	Em Griffin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 624 pages
Published	:	July 12th 2002 by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (first published October 1st 1996)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Language. Communication. Textbooks. Academic. School

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It's a must read book for anyone who wants to know about communication theory and how this discipline functions.

There were moments that were difficult to follow but that could just be the individual theories themselves. Overall I think Griffin did a fantastic job writing about the various theories. His examples and the way he incorporated films really added to my understanding. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the basics of some of the more popular communication theories.

An incredible look into communication theory. Clear, precise, practical. An excellent read for anyone interested in communication and its function in our lives.



Griffin explains the theories in simple language with helpful examples. Good for learning the basic communication theories of organizational communciation, mass communication, interpersonal communication, and small-group communication.

This book is revolutionary. I might be biased becuase I actually had Em as a Communication Theory professor, but who better to teach the theories than the author of the book? He definitely ensured that Communication Theory was not a blow-off, fluff course, and that the students took away life-long lessons.

A wonderful, clear and witty introduction to Communication Theory.Griffin cleverly provides a scientic or humanist perspective continuum on which he proceeds to place different approaches to communication theory.He also manages to include a very apt and usually very funny cartoon to illustrate a major point of each theory.The book covers a lot of ground including theories about communication and verbal messages, nonverbal messages, cognitive processing, relationship development, relationship