Source: Encylopedia of Communication by. Stephen Litlejohn

LIST OF COMMUNICATION THEORIES

1)  Accommodation Theory

2)  Accounts and Account Giving

3)  Action Assembly Theory

4)  Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis

5)  Activation Theory of Information Exposure

6)  Activity Theory

7)  Actor–Network Theory

8)  Advertising Theories

9)  Affect-Dependent Theory of Stimulus

10)                    Arrangements

11)                    Afrocentricity

12)                    Agency

13)                    Agenda-Setting Theory

14)                    Aggressiveness.

15)                    See Argumentativeness,

16)                    Assertiveness, and Verbal Aggressiveness

17)                    Theory

18)                    Americanization of Media

19)                    Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory

20)                    Archeology and Genealogy

21)                    Argumentation Theories

22)                    Argumentativeness, Assertiveness, and Verbal

23)                    Aggressiveness Theory

24)                    Asian Communication Theory

25)                    Attachment Theory

26)                    Attitude Accessibility Theory.

27)                    See Cognitive Theories

28)                    Attitude Theory

29)                    Attribution Theory

30)                    Audience Theories

31)                    Autoethnography

32)                    Autopoiesis.

33)                    See Cybernetics

34)                    Axiology

35)                    Balance Theory.

36)                    See Attitude Theory;

37)                    Co-Orientation Theory; Persuasion and

38)                    Social Influence Theories

39)                    Bargaining.

40)                    See Conflict Communication

41)                    Theories; Negotiation Theory

42)                    Behaviorism.

43)                    See Communication Skills Theories;

44)                    Humanistic Perspective; Learning and

45)                    Communication

46)                    Biological Approaches.

47)                    See Communibiology

48)                    Black Feminist Epistemology

49)                    Bona Fide Group Theory

50)                    Broadcasting Theories

51)                    Buddhist Communication Theory

52)                    Campaign Communication Theories

53)                    Chicana Feminism

54)                    Chinese Harmony Theory

55)                    Chronemics

56)                    Citizenship

57)                    Classical Rhetorical Theory

58)                    Co-Cultural Theory

59)                    Cognitive Dissonance Theory

60)                    Cognitive Rules Model. See Cognitive Theories

61)                    Cognitive Theories

62)                    Collective Information Sampling

63)                    Communibiology

64)                    Communication Accommodation Theory. See

65)                    Accommodation Theory

66)                    Communication Across the Life Span

67)                    Communication and Language Acquisition and Development

68)                    Communication Apprehension.

69)                    See Social and Communicative Anxiety

70)                    Communication Goal Theories

71)                    Communication in Later Life

72)                    Communication Skills Theories

73)                    Communication Theory of Identity

74)                    Communicative Action Theory

75)                    Community

76)                    Community of Practice

77)                    Competence Theories

78)                    Complexity and Communication

79)                    Compliance Gaining Strategies

80)                    Complicity Theory

81)                    Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking.

82)                    See Uncertainty Management Theories

83)                    Computer-Mediated Communication

84)                    Conflict Communication Theories

85)                    Confucian Communication Theory

86)                    Consequentiality of Communication

87)                    Consistency Theories.

88)                    See Attitude Theory;

89)                    Cognitive Dissonance Theory;

90)                    Co-Orientation Theory; Persuasion and

91)                    Social Influence Theories

92)                    Constitutive View of Communication

93)                    Construction-Integration Model.

94)                    See Cognitive Theories

95)                    Constructivism

96)                    Contextual Theory of Interethnic

97)                    Communication

98)                    Convergence Theory

99)                    Conversational Constraints Theory

100)              Conversation Analysis

101)              Coordinated Management of Meaning

102)              Co-Orientation Theory

103)              Corporate Campaign Theories

104)              Corporate Colonization Theory

105)              Correspondence Theory.

106)              See Language and Communication; Meaning Theories;

107)              Metatheory

108)              Creativity in Groups

109)              Critical Communication Pedagogy

110)              Critical Constructivism

111)              Critical Cultural Studies.

112)              See Cultural Studies

113)              Critical Discourse Analysis

114)              Critical Ethnography

115)              Critical Organizational Communication

116)              Critical Race Theory

117)              Critical Rhetoric

118)              Critical Theory

119)              Cross-Cultural Adaptation Theory

120)              Cross-Cultural Communication

121)              Cross-Cultural Decision Making

122)              Cultivation Theory

123)              Cultural Contracts Theory

124)              Cultural Identity Theory

125)              Cultural Indicators

126)              Cultural Performance Theory

127)              Cultural Studies

128)              Cultural Theories of Health Communication

129)              Cultural Types Theories

130)              Culture and Communication

131)              Culture Industries.

132)              See Cultural Studies;

133)              Postmodern Theory

134)              Cybernetics

135)              Daoism.

136)              See Taoist Communication Theory

137)              Deception Detection

138)              Deconstruction

139)              Definitions of Communication

140)              Deliberative Democratic Theories

141)              Dependency Theories.

142)              See Asian Communication Theory; Digital Divide; Flow and Contra-Flow; Free Flow Doctrine; Informatization;

143)              International Communication Theories;

144)              International Development Theories; New

145)              World Information and Communication

146)              Order (NWICO); Uses, Gratifications, and Dependency

147)              Dialogue Theories

148)              Diaspora

149)              Diffusion of Innovations

150)              Digital Cultures

151)              Digital Divide

152)              Diplomacy.

153)              See Media Diplomacy

154)              Discourse Theory and Analysis

155)              Documentary Film Theories

156)              Dramatism and Dramatistic Pentad

157)              Dual-Level Connectionist Models of Group

158)              Cognition and Social Influence

159)              Dyadic Power Theory

160)              Dynamic Memory Model.

161)              See Cognitive Theories

162)              Effective Intercultural Workgroup

163)              Communication Theory

164)              Elaborated and Restricted Codes

165)              Elaboration Likelihood Theory

166)              Emotion and Communication

167)              Empathy

168)              Empiricism

169)              Entertainment–Education

170)              Environmental Communication Theories

171)              Epistemology

172)              Ethics Theories

173)              Ethnography of Communication

174)              Ethnomethodology

175)              Evaluating Communication Theory

176)              Existentialism

177)              Expectancy Violations Theory

178)              Extended Parallel Process Model.

179)              See Campaign

180)              Communication Theories;

181)              Persuasion and Social Influence Theories

182)              Face Negotiation Theory

183)              Facework Theories

184)              Family and Marital Schemas and Types

185)              Family Communication Theories

186)              Fans, Fandom, and Fan Studies

187)              Feedback. See Cybernetics

188)              Feminist Communication Theories

189)              Feminist Rhetorical Criticism

190)              Feminist Standpoint Theory

191)              Field Theory of Conflict

192)              Film Theories

193)              Flow and Contra-Flow

194)              Framing Theory

195)              Frankfurt School

196)              Free Flow Doctrine

197)              French Feminism

198)              Functional Group Communication Theory

199)              Game Theory.

200)              See Conflict Communication Theories;

201)              Negotiation Theory

202)              Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Theories

203)              Gender and Biology

204)              Gender and Media

205)              Genderlect Theory

206)              Gender Role Theory

207)              Gender Schema Theory

208)              General Semantics

209)              Genre Theory

210)              Globalization Theories

211)              Grounded Theory

212)              Group and Organizational Structuration Theory

213)              Group Communication Theories

214)              Groupthink

215)              Haptics.

216)              See Nonverbal Communication Theories

217)              Hawaiian Ho‘oponopono Theory

218)              Health Communication Theories

219)              Hermeneutics

220)              Heuristic-Systematic Model

221)              Hierarchy of Effects Models.

222)              See Advertising Theories

223)              Hindu Communication Theory

224)              Humanistic Perspective

225)              Humorous Communication Theory

226)              Hybridity

227)              I and Thou

228)              Identification

229)              Identity Management Theory.

230)              See Identity Theories

231)              Identity Negotiation Theory.

232)              See Identity Theories

233)              Identity Theories

234)              Ideological Rhetoric

235)              Ideology

236)              Immediacy

237)              Impression Formation

238)              Impression Management

239)              Indian Rasa Theory

240)              Information Processing.

241)              See Cognitive Theories

242)              Information Theory

243)              Informatization

244)              Inoculation Theory

245)              Inquiry Processes

246)              Institutional Theories of Organizational Communication

247)              Integrated Threat Theory.

248)              See Conflict Communication Theories

249)              Interaction Adaptation Theory

250)              Interaction Involvement

251)              Interaction Process Analysis

252)              Intercultural Communication Competence

253)              Intercultural Communication Theories

254)              International Communication Theories

255)              International Development Theories

256)              Interpersonal Communication Theories

257)              Interpersonal Deception Theory

258)              Interpersonal Power.

259)              See Power, Interpersonal

260)              Interpretive Communities Theory

261)              Interpretive Theory

262)              Interracial Communication

263)              Intersectionality

264)              Intrapersonal Communication Theories

265)              Invitational Rhetoric

266)              Issues Life-Cycle Theory.

267)              See Corporate Campaign Theories

268)              Japanese Kuuki Theory

269)              Journalism and Theories of the Press

270)              Kinesics

271)              Knowledge Gap Theory.

272)              See Public Opinion Theories

273)              Language Acquisition and Development.

274)              See Communication and Language Acquisition and Development

275)              Language and Communication

276)              Latino Perspectives

277)              Leadership Theories

278)              Learning and Communication

279)              Legal Communication Theories

280)              Legitimation Gap Theory. See Corporate

281)              Campaign Theories

282)              Linguistic Relativity

283)              Marxist Theory

284)              Materiality of Discourse

285)              Mathematical Theory of Communication

286)              Meaning Theories

287)              Media and Mass Communication Theories

288)              Media Democracy

289)              Media Diplomacy

290)              Media Ecology.

291)              See Medium Theory

292)              Media Effects Theories

293)              Media Equation Theory

294)              Media Ethics Theories

295)              Media Richness Theory

296)              Media Sovereignty

297)              Medium Theory

298)              Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA)

299)              Metacommunication

300)              Metaphor

301)              Metatheory

302)              Models of Communication.

303)              See Constitutive View of Communication

304)              Modernism in Communication Theory

305)              Montreal School.

306)              See Constitutive View of Communication; Organizational

307)              Co-Orientation Theory

308)              Moral Conflict.

309)              See Conflict Communication Theories

310)              Motivated Information Management Theory

311)              Multiple Intelligences.

312)              See Learning and Communication

313)              Muted Group Theory

314)              Myth and Mythic Criticism

315)              Narrative and Narratology

316)              Narrative Transparency Model.

317)              See International Communication Theories

318)              Negotiation Theory

319)              Neocolonialism

320)              Network Society

321)              Network Theory.

322)              See Actor–Network Theory;

323)              Organizational Communication Theories

324)              New Media Theory

325)              New Rhetoric.

326)              See Argumentation Theories

327)              New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO)

328)              Nonverbal Communication Theories

329)              Oculesics.

330)              See Nonverbal Communication Theories

331)              Ontology

332)              Ordinary Democracy

333)              Organizational Communication Theories

334)              Organizational Control Theory

335)              Organizational Co-Orientation Theory

336)              Organizational Culture

337)              Organizational Identity Theory

338)              Organizational List Theory

339)              Organizational Socialization and Assimilation

340)              Organizing, Process of Palo Alto Group

341)              Paralanguage

342)              Path-Goal Theory.

343)              See Leadership Theories

344)              Peace Theories

345)              Performance Ethnography

346)              Performance Theories

347)              Performative Writing

348)              Persuasion and Social Influence Theories

349)              Phenomenology

350)              Philosophy of Communication

351)              Planned Behavior, Theory of.

352)              See Campaign Communication Theories;

353)              Persuasion and Social Influence Theories;

354)              Reasoned Action Theory

355)              Planning Theory.

356)              See Cognitive Theories;

357)              Communication Goal Theories

358)              Politeness Theory

359)              Political Communication Theories

360)              Popular Culture Theories

361)              Positioning Theory

362)              Positivism.

363)              See Postpositivism

364)              Postcolonial Feminism

365)              Postcolonial Theory

366)              Postmodern Theory

367)              Postpositivism

368)              Poststructuralism

369)              Power, Interpersonal

370)              Power and Power Relations

371)              Practical Theory

372)              Pragma-Dialectics.

373)              See Argumentation Theories

374)              Pragmatics

375)              Presence Theory

376)              Privacy Management Theory

377)              Privilege

378)              Problematic Integration Theory

379)              Process of Communication

380)              Propaganda Theory

381)              Proxemics

382)              Public Opinion Theories

383)              Public Sphere

384)              Queer Theory

385)              Racial Formation Theory

386)              Realism and the Received View

387)              Reasoned Action Theory

388)              Reception Theories.

389)              See Audience Theories;

390)              International Communication Theories;

391)              Interpretive Communities Theory;

392)              Sense-Making

393)              Relational Communication Theory

394)              Relational Control Theory

395)              Relational Development

396)              Relational Dialectics

397)              Relational Framing Theory.

398)              See Cognitive Theories

399)              Relational Maintenance Theories

400)              Relational Order Theory.

401)              See Conflict Communication Theories

402)              Relational Turbulence Model.

403)              See Uncertainty Management Theories

404)              Relational Uncertainty

405)              Religious Communication Theories

406)              Renaissance Rhetorical Theory.

407)              See Rhetorical Theory

408)              Reversal Theory.

409)              See Advertising Theories

410)              Rhetorical Sensitivity

411)              Rhetorical Theory

412)              Rogerian Dialogue Theory

413)              Rules Theories

414)              Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

415)              See Linguistic Relativity

416)              Scientific Approach

417)              Self. See Humanistic Perspective; Identity

418)              Theories; Rogerian Dialogue Theory;

419)              Symbolic Interactionism

420)              Self-Categorization Theory

421)              Self-Disclosure

422)              Semiotics and Semiology

423)              Sense-Making

424)              Sign.

425)              See Meaning Theories; Semiotics and

426)              Semiology

427)              Silence, Silences, and Silencing

428)              Simulation and Media

429)              Skill, Communication.

430)              See Competence Theories;

431)              Communication Skills Theories; Intercultural

432)              Communication Competence; Cognitive Theories

433)              Social Action Media Studies

434)              Social and Communicative Anxiety

435)              Social Construction of Reality

436)              Social Exchange Theory

437)              Social Identity Theory

438)              Social Information Processing Theory

439)              Social Interaction Theories

440)              Social Judgment Theory

441)              Social Justice

442)              Social Learning Theory.

443)              See Entertainment–Education; Learning and Communication

444)              Social Penetration Theory

445)              Social Support

446)              Spectatorship

447)              Speech Accommodation Theory. See

448)              Accommodation Theory

449)              Speech Act Theory

450)              Speech Codes Theory

451)              Speech Theory of Human Communication. See

452)              Communication and Language Acquisition and Development

453)              Spiral Models of Media Effects

454)              Spiral of Silence

455)              Stakeholder Theory

456)              Standpoint Theory.

457)              See Feminist Standpoint Theory

458)              Stigma Communication

459)              Stories and Storytelling

460)              Structuralism.

461)              See Poststructuralism

462)              Structuration Theory

463)              Style, Communicator

464)              Subliminal Communication

465)              Symbol.

466)              See Meaning Theories; Semiotics and Semiology

467)              Symbolic Convergence Theory

468)              Symbolic Interactionism

469)              Symbolic-Interpretive Perspective on Groups

470)              System Theory

471)              Taoist Communication Theory

472)              Technology of Communication.

473)              See Computer-Mediated Communication;

474)              New Media Theory

475)              Theory

476)              Theory of Reasoned Action.

477)              See Reasoned Action Theory

478)              Time. See Chronemics

479)              Traditions of Communication Theory

480)              Trait Theory

481)              Transactional View.

482)              See Constitutive View of Communication

483)              Transculturation

484)              Translation Theory.

485)              See Actor–Network Theory

486)              Two-Step and Multi-Step Flow

487)              Uncertainty Management Theories

488)              Uncertainty Reduction Theory

489)              Unobtrusive Control.

490)              See Organizational Control Theory

491)              Uses, Gratifications, and Dependency

492)              Validity and Reliability

493)              Values Studies: History and Concepts

494)              Values Theory: Sociocultural Dimensions and Frameworks

495)              Variable Analytic Tradition

496)              Vernacular Discourse

497)              Violence and Nonviolence in Media Studies

498)              Visual Communication Theories

499)              Vocalics.

500)              See Paralanguage

501)              Whiteness Theory

502)              Whorfian Hypothesis.

503)              See Linguistic Relativity

504)              Womanism

505)              Yale Communication and Attitude Change Program.

506)              See Attitude Theory;

507)              Persuasion and Social Influence Theories