Scroll below for two recommended library books that cover a variety of communication theories. See also the Primary Sources tab for specific books written by individual theorists.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Leon Festinger
Communication Privacy Management Theory: Sandra Petronio
Cultivation Analysis/ Cultivation Theory: George Gerbner and Larry Gross
Face Negotiation Theory: Stella Ting-Toomey
Expectancy Violations Theory: Judee Burgoon
Expectancy Violations Theory: Judee Burgoon
Narrative Paradigm: Walter Fisher
Organizational Culture Theory: Clifford Geertz
Groupthink: Irving Janis
Groupthink: Irving Janis
Social Penetration Theory: Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor
Rhetoric: Aristotle
Symbolic Interactionism: George Herbert Mead
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