Mark V. Redmond

Associate Professor             338 Carver Hall
Communication Studies         Ames, IA 50011
mredmond@iastate.edu         (515) 294-0183

ComSt 301: Human Communication Theory

Spring 2009 Syllabus

Publisher's site for Griffin Textbook--Sample Chapter Quizzes

Link to Em Griffin's website with information on the textboo k

Link to Turner and West's "Introducing Communication Theory" text website with theory reviews, etc.

University of Arizona course in Communication Theory links to theory summaries

Definitions of Theory

Rationalism and Empiricism compared

Basic Propositions of Symbolic Interactionism

Quotes from George Herbert Mead's "Mind, Self, and Society."

Coordinated Management of Communication Propositions

Expectancy Violation Theory--Class Overhead

Social Exchange and Social Penetration Class Notes

Social Exchange Theory Components

Dialectical Theory

Praxis for Relational Dialectics

Face Definitions

Facework--types of face

Communication Accommodation Theory

Assumptions Underlying Functional Approach to Group Decision Making

Structuration Theory and Adaptive Structuration Theory Notes

Information Systems Theory Class Notes

Weick's Principles for Organizational Survival

Burke's Dramatism

Narrative Paradigm

Uses and Gratifications