TY - BOOK AU - Whaley,Bryan B. AU - Santer,Wendy TI - Explaining communication: contemporary theories and exemplars T2 - Lea's communication series SN - 0805839585 (cased) : AV - P90 .E88 2007 U1 - 302.2 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Mahwah, N.J., London PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates KW - Communication N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The nature and evaluation of theory / Stephen W. Littlejohn Discourse and identity : language or talk? / Karen Tracy Nonverbal communication / Walid A. Afifi Impression formation / Charles Pavitt Communication theory and the concept of goal / Steven R. Wilson Constructivism : a general theory of communication skill / Brant R. Burleson Aggressiveness communication / Andrew Rancer and Anne Mayden Nicotera Plans, planning, and communication effectiveness / Charles R. Berger Formulating and producing verbal and nonverbal messages : an action assembly theory / John O. Greene Problematic integration theory / Austin S. Babrow A theory of communication and uncertainty management / Dale E. Brashers Brown and Levinson's politeness theory / Daena Goldsmith Accounts / Michael Cody and Debra Dunn Communication privacy management theory / Mary Claire Morr and Sandra Petronio Social dialectics : the contradictions of relating / Leslie Baxter and Dawn O. Braithwaite Communication accommodation theory / Howard Giles and Tania Ogay Relational communication : as viewed from the pragmatic perspective / John Courtright Conversational Interaction : understanding how family members talk through cancer / Wayne A. Beach Pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation / Frans H. van Eemeren Tides in the ocean : a layered approach to communication and culture / Sandra L. Faulkner and Michael L. Hecht Historical contexts and trends in development of communication theory / Jennings Bryant & Dorina Miron ER -