| Communication Theory Categories | | Alphabetical Listing of Theorists |

 Agenda Setting Function of Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory of William Gudykunst
Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Leon Festinger
Constructivism of Jesse Delia
Coordinated Management of Meaning of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
Cultivation Theory of George Gerbner
Cultural Studies of Stuart Hall
Cultural Approach to Organizations of Clifford Geertz & Michael Pacanowsky
Dialogic Meeting of Martin Buber
Dramatism of Kenneth Burke
Elaboration Likelihood Model of Richard Petty & John Cacioppi
Expectancy Violations Theory of Judee Burgoon
Face Negotiation Theory of Stella Ting-Toomey
Genderlect Styles of Deborah Tannen
Groupthink of Irving Janis
Information Theory of Claude Shannon & Warren Weaver
Informational Systems Approach to Organizations of Karl Weick
The Interactional View of Paul Watzlawick
The Meaning of Meaning of I. A. Richards
Muted Group Theory of Cheris Kramarae
Narrative Paradigm of Walter Fisher
Politeness Theory of Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson
Relational Dialectics of Leslie Baxter & Barbara Montgomery
The Rhetoric of Aristotle
Rusbult Theory of Interdependence of Caryl Rusbult
Semiotics of Roland Barthes
Social Judgment Theory of Muzafer Sherif
Social Penetration Theory of Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor
Spiral of Silence of Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann
Symbolic Convergence Theory of Ernest Bormann
Symbolic Interactionism of George Herbert Mead
Technological Determinism of Marshall McLuhan
Uncertainty Reduction Theory of Charles Berger