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This research guide is designed to highlight communication theory resources available through the Monmouth University Library. It also provides links to important web resources offering a wide array of freely available information. Please use the tabs at the top for resource categories.
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Communication theory provides explanations about how and why humans communicate in a variety of situations.
Examples:
Agenda Setting Theory
Classical Rhetoric
Cultivation Theory
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Information Theories
Narrative Paradigm
Semiotics
Social Judgment Theory
Social Penetration Theory
Spiral of Silence
Standpoint Theory
Symbolic Interaction Theory
Relational Dialectics Theory
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Aristotle
Plato
George Gerbner
R. E. Petty
Shannon and Weaver