contexts of communication and examples

1. Contextual Theories of
Communication
Kriztine Rosales-Viray

2. Interpersonal Communication
Context
can be studied quantitatively or qualitatively,
from an individual or social perspective.
representative theories of interpersonal
communication can be grouped according to the
following concerns:

3. Theories relevant to interpersonal messages
Coordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce
and Cronen)
Symbolic Interactionism (Mead)

4. Theories of Message Production
Communication Apprehension (McCroskey)
Competence (Spitzberg and Cupach)
Rhetorical sensitivity (Hart)
Communicator style (Norton)
Aggression (Infante)
Accommodation (Giles)
Action Assembly (Greene)
Constructivism (Delia)
Compliance Gaining (Marwell and Schmitt)

5. Theories dealing with relationship development
Balance (Newcomb)
Social Exchange (Thibaut and Kelly)
Social Penetration (Altman and Taylor)
Stages of Relationship Development (Knapp)
Uncertainty Reduction (Berger and Calabrese)

6. Theories pertaining to influence, message reception and
processing
Attribution (Heider)
Expectancy Value (Fishbein)
Cognitive Dissonance and Consistency Theories (Festinger)
Expectancy Violation (Burgoon)
Mediation Hypothesis (Osgood)
Social Judgment (Sheriff)
Elaboration Likelihood (Petty and Cacciopo)

7. Group and Organizational
Contexts
can be pursued in both quantitative and
qualitative perspectives.
relevant theories are organized according to the
following concerns:

8. Theories pertaining to group communication
Field Theory (Lewin)
Structuration Theories of Group
Communicaion (Giddens and Poole)
Group Development

9. Theories of group decision making
Functional Perspective on Group decision
making (Hirokawa)
Groupthink (Janis)
Interaction Process Analysis (Bales)

10. Theories dealing with organizational
communication and networks
Information systems approach to
Organizations (Weick)
Cultural Approach to organizations (Geetz and
Pacanowsky)
Information Theory (Shannon)
Network theory (Monge, Eisenberg, Farace)

11. Theories pertaining to Rhetoric
Rhetoric (Aristotle)
Dramatism (Burke)
Narrative Paradigm (Fisher)

12. Cultural (Inter-cultural)
Contexts
Culture is not just defined by geographical,
political or racial groupings. Culture is a socially
constructed and historically transmuted pattern
of symbols, meanings, apprentices, and rules.
theories under this context can be the following:

13. Theories of language and signs
Semiotics (Eco)
Meaning of Meaning (Ogden and Richards)
Generative grammar (Chomsky)
Linguistic Relativity (Sapir and Whorf)
Genderlect Styles (Tannen)
Kinesics (Birdwhistell)
Proxemics (Hall)

14. Theories of experience and interpretation
Classical Phenomenology (Husserf)
Social Phenomenology (Schutz)
Hermeneutics: Textual Phenomenology (Ricouer)
Cultural Interpretation (Geertz)
Ethnography of Communication (Philipsen)
Cultural Approach to Organizations (Pacaknowsky)
Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory (Gudykunst)

15. Critical Approaches
Universal Pragmatics (Habermas)
Cultural Studies (Hall)
Muted Group Theory (Ardener, Kramarae)

16. Next meeting: Midterm
Examination!