Somerealms of communication and their theories

universal communication Law: Universal Theory, Universal Theory
message production: Constructivist Theory, Action Assembly Theory
message processing: Elaboration Likelihood Model, Inoculation theory
discourse and interaction: Speech Acts Theory, Coordinated Management of Meaning
developing relationships: Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Social Penetration Theory
ongoing relationships: Relational Systems Theory, Relational Dialectics
organizational: Structuration Theory, Unobtrusive and Concertive Control Theory
small group: Functional Theory, Symbolic Convergence Theory
media processing and effects: Social Cognitive Theory, Uses and Gratifications Theory
media and society: Agenda Setting, Spiral of Silence, Symbolic Convergence Theory
culture: Speech Codes Theory, Face-saving Theory
making social worlds: Coordinated Management of Meaning

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The following list is a survey of Communication Theory texts:

Communication Theory: Epistemological Foundations by James A. Anderson
Communication Theories: Origins, Methods and Uses in the Mass Media (5th Edition) by Werner J. Severin and James W. Tankard
Theories of Human Communication (9th Edition) by Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss
Communication: Theories and Applications by Mark V. Redmond
Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts by Katherine Miller
Communication Theory: Media, Technology and Society by David Holmes
Building Communication Theory by Dominic A. Infante, Andrew S. Rancer, and Deanna F. Womack
The Communication Theory Reader by Paul Cobley
Clarifying Communications Theories: A Hands-On Approach by Gerald Stone, Michael Singletary, and Virginia P. Richmond
An Introduction to Communication Theory by Don W. Stacks, Sidney R. Hill, and Mark, III Hickson
Scholarly journals are also a great source for recent research and academic discussion of