Communication Resources: Communication Theory

Communication theory is not used in the library's catalog. Information theory is used instead.

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-- See Also Coding theory 

-- See Also Communication models 

-- See Also Entropy (Information theory) 

-- See Also Frames (Information theory) 

-- See Also Knowledge representation (Information theory) 

-- See Also Semantic networks (Information theory) 

-- See Also Semantics 

-- See Also Speech processing systems 

-- See Also Statistical communication theory 

-- See Also Switching theory 

-- See Also Telecommunication 

from Key Contemporary Concepts

The word ‘communication’ has its origin in the Latin communicare meaning ‘to share’, or ‘to be in relation with’. This links the term to community*.

Communication. (2003). In J. Lechte, Key contemporary concepts. London, UK: Sage UK. Retrieved from http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sageukcc/communication/0?institutionId=7283

Ideology: Topic Page

Set of ideas, beliefs, and opinions about the nature of people and society, providing a framework for a theory about how people should live, as well as how society is or should be organized. A nation's ideology is usually reflected in the political system it creates.

Propaganda: Topic Page

Systematic manipulation of public opinion, generally by the use of symbols such as flags, monuments, oratory, and publications. Modern propaganda is distinguished from other forms of communication in that it is consciously and deliberately used to influence group attitudes; all other functions are secondary.

Representation

From Key Concepts in Body and Society
Representation is a functional aspect of the media – within any communication the message is implicitly and explicitly shaped by a variety of influences: authorial preference, editorial vision, political climate, and socio-cultural context.

Rhetoric: Topic Page

In classical approaches to language, the study of effective or persuasive speaking and writing, especially as practised in public oratory.

Imagined community

From Key Concepts in Radio Studies
This refers to the sense of belonging to a defined community (including the nation), which radio and other media are able to foster among listeners.

Hegemony (Communications)

From Key Concepts in Media and Communications
Hegemony is perhaps the most enduring of the concepts contributed to media studies by the Marxian tradition, having survived the ‘post-Marxist’ intellectual fashions of the 1990s surprisingly well.

The Schramm Model of Communication

From Key Concepts in Marketing
The most commonly taught and widely used theory of communication is that proposed by Wilbur Schramm in the late 1940s. The Schramm model views communication as a process that takes place between a sender (transmitter) and a receiver: there will be also a message, and a medium through which the message can be transmitted.