http://www.afirstlook.

com/edition_7/theory_resources/Social_Information_Processing_Theor y Social Information Processing Theory Joseph Walther Interpersonal CommunicationRelationship Development Based solely on he linguistic content of computer-mediated communiction (CMC), parties who meet online can develop relationships just as close as those formed face-to-facethogh it takes longer. Because online senders select, receivers magnify, channels promote, and feedback enhances favorable impressions, CMC may create hyperpersonal relatonships. (Sociopsychological tradition)\\

http://www.afirstlook.com/docs/mediational.pdf Mediational Theory ofMeaningof Charles Osgood

http://www.afirstlook.com/edition_7/theory_resources/Media_Ecology Media Ecology Marshall McLuhan Mass CommunicationMedia and Culture The media must be understood ecologically. Changes in communication technology alter the symbolic environmentthe socially constructed, sensory world of meanings. We shaped our toolsthe phonetic alphabet, printing press, and telegraphand they in turn have shaped our perceptions, experiences, attitudes, and behavior. Thus the medium is the message. (Sociocultural tradition)

http://www.afirstlook.com/docs/intersys.pdf Interact System Model of Decision Emergence of B. Aubrey Fisher

http://www.afirstlook.com/edition_7/theory_resources/The_Interactional_View The Interactional View Paul Watzlawick Interpersonal CommunicationRelationship Maintenance Relationships within a family system are interconnected and highly resistant to change. Communication among members has a content component and a relationship component that centers on issues of control. The system can be transformed only when members receive outside help to reframe their metacommunication. (Cybernetics tradition)

http://www.afirstlook.com/edition_7/theory_resources/Face_Negotiation_Theory Face Negotiation Theory Stella Ting-Toomey Cultural ContextIntercultural Communication People from collectivistic cultures with an interdependent self-image are concerned with giving other-face or mutual face, so they adopt a conflict style of avoiding or integrating. People from individualistic cultures with an independent self-image are concerned with protecting self-face, so they adopt a conflict style of dominating. (Socio-cultural and socio-psychological traditions)

http://www.afirstlook.com/edition_7/theory_resources/Cultural_Studies Cultural Studies

Stuart Hall Mass CommunicationMedia and Culture The mass media function to maintain the ideology of those who already have power. Corporately controlled media provide the dominant discourse of the day that frames interpretation of events. Critics should seek not only to interpret culture, but to change it. Media audiences do have the capacity to resist hegemonic influence. (Critical tradition)

http://www.afirstlook.com/edition_7/theory_resources/Cultural_Approach_to_Organizations Cultural Approach to Organizations Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky Group and Public CommunicationOrganizational Communication Humans are animals suspended in webs of significance that they themselves have spun. An organization doesn't have a culture, it is a culturea unique system of shared meanings. A nonintrusive ethnographic approach interprets stories, rites, and other symbolism to make sense of corporate culture. (Socio-cultural tradition)