Foundations of Communication Theory
Which criteria for assessing a theory describes the theory’s ability to aid in learning as a tool?
Heuristic Value
Which tradition of communication theory understands that reality is socially constructed through interaction in groups and communities?
Socio-psychological
Which trait theory explains the degree of anxiety associated with real or anticipated oral communication?
Communication Apprehension
Which message foundation theory describes how a language’s structure has an affect on the way the world is viewed and experienced?
Linguistic Relativity
Which content and effects theory describes how TV use cultivates/produces a common culture?
Cultivation Theory
Which criteria for assessing a theory provides internal consistency throughout the theory?
Coherence
Which cornerstone of communication understands how communication organizes the interactions of individuals into social groups?
The Social
When understanding the the biological dimensions of human communication, what word is used to describe how the sensuous body interacts with elements, events, processes, and histories in the environment?
Emplacement
Which theory expresses how storytelling is universal and how humans make sense of life by storytelling?
Narrative Theory
Which motivation, uses, & consumption theory explains how media content and interpersonal networks shape an opinion’s popularity?
Spiral of Silence
Which aspect of philosophical assumption raises questions of knowledge?
Epistemology
As part a speech making, what are invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory all categories of?
Five Canons of Rhetoric
what type of cognitive processing describes the mental discomfort experienced when holding two or more contradictory beliefs?
Cognitive Dissonance
Which message foundation explains how we create and interpret meanings through language social interactions?
Coordinated Management of Meaning
Under Medium Theory and Medium Ecology proposes that the medium itself—rather than just its content—shapes society. What is the media sharing with the audience?
The message
Which dimension of theory identifies a logical source as an explanation to an action? For example: causal explanation = this caused that and practical explanation = reaching for a goal.
Explanations
Which tradition of communication theory investigates how power, oppression, and privilege are the products of certain communicative patterns and practices in a society?
Critical
Which strategic management theory explains why it is more comfortable to know someone when you are more certain about them?
Uncertainty Reduction
Which aspect of Message Design Logics Theory follows socially appropriate roles/rules/procedures to get things done?
Conventional
Which content and effects theory claims that media effects should focus on inclusivity and social justice issues by considering the pillars of power?
Critical Media Effects
Which dimension of theory outlines the basic beliefs that underlie the theory?
Philosophical assumptions
Which part of semiotics (the study of signs & symbols) identifies the ways signs are combined into complex systems of meaning?
Syntactics
Which self and identity biological dimension of human communication seeks to understand and explain the interconnectedness of social identities and how those interact with systems of oppression, power, and privilege to create unequal social contexts?
Intersectionality
Which messages in action theory assumes that a mild dose of an attack on someone’s belief will build resistance to future persuasion?
Inoculation Theory
Which medium and production theory examines how symbolic goods (media, art, and knowledge) are created, distributed, and consumed within specific social, economic, and political contexts?
Media and Cultural Production