D. Lawrence Kincaid

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D. Lawrence Kincaid is best known among communication theorists as the proponent of the convergence model of communication,[1] a nonlinear model of communication wherein two communicators strive to reach "mutual understanding." In recent years this model has been particularly popular among proponents of development communication.

At present, he is the Associate Director for Research of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and an Associate Scientist at the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

He is also a co-author of Health Communication: Lessons from Family Planning and Reproductive Health,[2] considered by many as a seminal book on the topic of health communcation. He edited Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ D. Lawrence Kincaid (2002). Drama, emotion, and cultural convergence, Communication Theory, 12(2): 136-52.
  2. ^ Phyllis Tilson Piotrow, D. Lawrence Kincaid, Jose G. Rimon, Ward Rinehart, with Kristina Samson (1997). Health Communication Lessons from Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Westport, CT: Greenwood. ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95577-9.
  3. ^ D. Lawrence Kincaid (1987). Communication Theory: Eastern And Western Perspectives (Human Communication Research Series). Academic Press. ISBN-13:9780124074705.


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