Martin Ryder
  University of Colorado at Denver
  School of Education

Communication Theory

An index of names and resources addressing theoretical aspects of Communications from a variety of disciplines within the social sciences.

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Resources

• The American Communication Journal (American Communication Association)
• Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• First Monday
• Mind, Culture, and Activity (UCSD)
• CIOS Communication Institute for Online Scholarship Journal Index System
• Wired
• Readings in Mass Communication Theory (Denis McQuail)
• Communication Theory (Bob Craig)
• Communication Studies (Bob Craig)
• Communication Theory (Ron Wright and Mary Flores)
• CogWeb (Francis Steen) review (by Bianca Floyd)
• Studies in Communication Science (Eddo Rigotti, editor-in-chief)
• Focus on Communications Theory (Allyn & Bacon Puplishers)

Readings

• Bybee (2001) Communication Theory and Criticism
• Michael Dwyer hosts a radio series on "media and communication studies" (1999)
• Lever-Duffy, McDonald, and MIzell What is Communications Theory?
• Roth (1999) The Evolution of Umwelt and Communication   PDF

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Concepts and Names Related to Communication Theory

• Rhetorical Theory
  • Ben Attias
  • Rhetorical Base to Poetry (John Holcombe)
• Theory of Technology
• Orality, Literacy, and Electracy
• Cognitive Science
• Semiotics
• Postmodern Thought
• Socio-cultural Theory
• Media
• Hypertext
• The Digital Divide
• Technological Determinism

• Michael Bakhtin
• Albert Bandura
• Roland Barthes
• Gregory Bateson
• Kenneth Burke
• Noam Chomsky
• Umberto Eco
• The Frankfurt School
• Antonio Gramsci
• Jurgen Habermas
• Harold Innis
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