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Chapter 1. Introduction to Communication Theory What Is Communication? Dance's Definitions of Communication Contexts of Communication Communication Competence Concepts, Models, and Theories Three Types of Theory Evaluating TheoryChapter 2. Theory Development Theory-Research Link What Is Research? Research Methods in Communication Social Science and the Humanities How Theories Change and GrowChapter 3. Cognition and Intrapersonal Communication Cognitive Process Attribution Theory Uncertainty Reduction Theory Expectancy Violations Theory Cognitive Dissonance TheoryChapter 4. Individual and Social Approaches to Communication Nature Versus Nurture Social Role Theory of Gender Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership Message Design Logics Interactional Perspective on Workplace GenerationsChapter 5. Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal Communication Defined Politeness Theory Social Exchange Theory Dialectical Perspective Communication Privacy Management TheoryChapter 6. Culture Culture Defined Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Communication Accommodation Theory Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory Face Negotiation TheoryChapter 7. Persuasion Persuasion Defined Elaboration Likelihood Model Theory of Planned Behavior Inoculation Theory Narrative ParadigmChapter 8. Group Communication Group Communication Defined Functional Group Decision Making Groupthink Adaptive Structuration Theory Symbolic Convergence TheoryChapter 9. Organizational Communication Organizational Communication Defined Systems Metaphor Organizational Culture Organizational Assimilation Organizational Identification and Control Organizing TheoryChapter 10. Mediated Communication What Is Social Media? Diffusion of Innovations Social Network Analysis Media Richness Theory Uses and Gratifications TheoryChapter 11. Mass Communication Characteristics of Mass Media Agenda-Setting Theory Cultivation Theory Social Cognitive Theory of Mass Communication Encoding/Decoding TheoryChapter 12. What Should a Communicator Do? Conclusions About Communication Conclusions About Influences and Effects Returning to Communication Competence