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The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory provides students and researchers with a comprehensive two-volume overview of contemporary communication theory Reference librarians report that students frequently approach them seeking a source that will provide them with a quick overview of a particular theory or theorist - just enough thelp them grasp the general concept or theory and its relation tthe discipline as a whole Communication scholars and teachers alsoccasionally need a quick reference for theories Edited by the co-authors of the best-selling textbook on communication theory and drawing on the expertise of an advisory board of 10 international scholars and nearly 200 contributors from 10 countries, this work finally provides such a resource More than 300 entries address topics related not only tparadigms, traditions, and schools, but alsmetatheory, methodology, inquiry, and applications and contexts Entries cover several orientations, including psycho-cognitive; social-interactional; cybernetic and systems; cultural; critical; feminist; philosophical; rhetorical; semiotic, linguistic, and discursive; and non-Western Concepts relate tinterpersonal communication, groups and organizations, and media and mass communication In sum, this encyclopedia offers the student of communication a sense of the history, development, and current status of the discipline, with an emphasis on the theories that comprise it
