Communication theory: Difference between revisions

Theories in interpersonal communication are concerned with the ways in which very small groups of people communicate with one another. It also provides the framework in which we view the world around us. Although interpersonal communication theories have their origin in mass communication studies of attitude and response to messages, since the 1970s, interpersonal communication theories have taken on a distinctly personal focus. Interpersonal theories examine relationships and their development, non-verbal communication, how we adapt to one another during conversation, how we develop the messages we seek to convey, and how deception works.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berger |first1=Charles R. |title=Interpersonal Communication: Theoretical Perspectives, Future Prospects |journal=Journal of Communication |date=2005-09-01 |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=415–447 |doi=10.1111/j.1460-2466.2005.tb02680.x|url=http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1578 }}</ref><ref name="encyc2009">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of communication theory |date=2009 |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |isbn=978-1-4129-5937-7|last1=Littlejohn |first1=Stephen W. |last2=Foss |first2=Karen A. }}</ref>

 

Organizational communication theories address not only the ways in which people use communication in organizations, but also how they use communication to constitute that organization, developing structures, relationships, and practices to achieve their goals. Although early organization communication theories were characterized by a so-called container model (the idea that an organization is a clearly bounded object inside which communication happens in a straightforward manner following hierarchical lines), more recent theories have viewed the organization as a more fluid entity with fuzzy boundaries.<ref name="orgcomm2014">{{cite book |title=The Sage handbook of organizational communication : advances in theory, research, and methods |date=2014 |location=Los Angeles |isbn=9781412987721 |edition=Third|last1=Putnam |first1=Linda L. |last2=Mumby |first2=Dennis K. }}</ref> Studies within the field of organizational communication mention communication as a facilitating act and a precursor to organizational activity as cooperative systems.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Communication, Organizing and Organization: An Overview and Introduction to the Special Issue |date=2011 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0170840611410836 |publisher=Sage Journals |doi=10.1177/0170840611410836 |access-date=28 March 2023 |last1=Cooren |first1=François |last2=Kuhn |first2=Timothy |last3=Cornelissen |first3=Joep P. |last4=Clark |first4=Timothy |journal=Organization Studies |volume=32 |issue=9 |pages=1149–1170 |s2cid=146480897 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence |date=1999 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=0-262-23203-0 |pages=299–305 |url=https://uma.ac.ir/files/site1/a_akbari_994c8e8/gerhard_weiss___multiagent_systems___a_modern_approach_to_distributed_artificial_intelligence.pdf |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>