Theories of Human Communication
Introduction to Littlejohn and Foss 8th edition
The followng provides a introduction to the book for those with a healthcare / medical background who might find the examples in the text rather alien.
Chapters 1 to 6
Chapter 7 - end of book
I use Littlejohn and Foss's excellent book - Theories of Human Communication - as a core
text for one of the MSc modules I run. This book is so full of dense information that
I feel that a few more diagrams would help tremendously, in fact there were
more in previous editions than in the present one (8th ed.). While the latest edition has added a grid for each chapter, which many of my students find helpful, I have also produced a more graphical mindmap (or two) for each chapter. Each mindmap is one page (A4 uk
size).
8 th edition Mindmaps
- Communication Theory and Scholarship [pdf] [svg]
- The Idea of Theory part 1:[pdf] [svg] part 2: [pdf] [svg]
- Traditions of Communication Theory part 1:[pdf] [svg] part 2:[pdf] [svg]
- The Communicator part 1:[pdf] [svg] part 2:[pdf] [svg]
- The Message part 1:[pdf] [svg] part 2:[pdf] [svg]
- The Conversation [pdf] [svg]
- The Relationship [pdf] [svg]
- The Group [pdf] [svg]
- The Organization [pdf]
- The Media [pdf]
- Culture and Society [pdf]
- Making Theories Personal [pdf]
7 th Edition Mindmaps
- Communication Theory and Scholarship - partially completed mindmap [pdf],
try to fill it in before looking at the completed version [pdf]
- Theory in the Process of Inquiry [pdf]
- System Theory [pdf]
- Theories of Signs and Language [pdf]
- Theories of Discourse [pdf]
- Theories of Message Production [pdf]
- Theories of Message Reception and Processing [pdf]
- Theories of Symbolic Interaction, Structuration, and Convergence [pdf]
- Theories of Social and Cultural Reality [pdf]
- Theories of Experience and Interpretation [pdf]
- Critical Theories [pdf]
- Communication in Relationships [pdf]
- Communication in Group Decision Making [pdf]
- Communication and Organisational Networks [part one:pdf,
part two: pdf]
- Communication and Media [pdf]
Written by Robin Beaumont
e-mail:robin@organplayers.co.uk
