TY - BOOK AU - Griffin,Emory A. AU - Ledbetter, Andrew. AU - Sparks, Glenn. TI - A first look at communication theory SN - 9780073534305 (pbk. : acidfree paper) U1 - 302.201 22 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - Communication N1 - 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 ER -