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Lasswell's model is one of the earliest and most influential models of communication. [3] : 109 It was first published by Harold Lasswell in his 1948 essay The Structure and Function of Communication in Society. [4] Its aim is to organize the "scientific study of the process of communication ". It has been described as "a linear and Uni ...
v. t. e. The Theory of Communicative Action ( German: Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns) is a two-volume 1981 book by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas, in which the author continues his project of finding a way to ground "the social sciences in a theory of language", [1] which had been set out in On the Logic of the Social Sciences (1967).
Communication accommodation theory ( CAT) is a theory of communication, developed by Howard Giles, concerning " (1) the behavioral changes that people make to attune their communication to their partner, (2) the extent to which people perceive their partner as appropriately attuning to them". [1] This concept was later applied to the field of ...
Dialogic public relations theory. Dialogue is defined as “any negotiated exchange of ideas and opinions”. [1] Public relations can facilitate dialogue by establishing channels and procedures for dialogic communication. [2] Dialogic theory argues that organizations should be willing to interact with publics in honest and ethical ways in ...
The uncertainty reduction theory, also known as initial interaction theory, developed in 1975 by Charles Berger and Richard Calabrese, is a communication theory from the post-positivist tradition. It is one of the few communication theories that specifically looks into the initial interaction between people prior to the actual communication ...
Karl E. Weick. Karl Edward Weick (born October 31, 1936) is an American organizational theorist who introduced the concepts of "loose coupling", "mindfulness", and "sensemaking" into organizational studies. He is the Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
An information source that produces a message. A transmitter that operates on the message to create a signal which can be sent through a channel. A channel, which is the medium over which the signal, carrying the information that composes the message, is sent. A receiver, which transforms the signal back into the message intended for delivery.
SBCC on the Development-Entertainment spectrum. Social and behavior change communication ( SBCC ), often also only " BCC " or " Communication for Development ( C4D )" is an interactive process of any intervention with individuals, group or community (as integrated with an overall program) to develop communication strategies to promote positive ...