Outline of communication

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to communication:

Communication – activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space.

1 Essence of communication
2 Branches of communication
- 2.1 Fields of communication
- 2.2 Theories, schools, and approaches
3 History of communication
4 General communication concepts
5 Communication scholars
6 See also
7 External links

Essence of communication

Main article: Communication

Branches of communication

Fields of communication

Theories, schools, and approaches

Theories of communication
Agenda-setting theory
Biosemiotics
Content analysis
Community structure theory
Conversation analysis
Critical theory
Cues-filtered-out theory
Cultivation theory
Cultural studies
Cybernetics
Decision downloading
Diffusion of innovations
Dramatisming
Elaboration likelihood model
Ethnomethodology
Framing
Hermeneutics
Hypodermic needle model
Heuristic-Systematic Model
Hyperpersonal Model
Information theory
Knowledge gap hypothesis
Media ecology
Narrative paradigm
Network analysis
Nonviolent Communication
Opinion leadership
Political economy
Priming
Problematic Integration Theory
Relational dialectics
Scheme
Social learning theory
Social construction of reality
Social Identity model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE)
Social Information Processing theory
Social Penetration Theory
Spiral of silence
Strength of Weak Ties
Structuralism
Symbolic interactionism
Technology acceptance model
Theory of cognitive dissonance
Theory of Planned Behavior
Theory of Reasoned Action
Third-person effect
Two-step flow of communication
Uses and gratifications
Uncertainty reduction theory

History of communication

Main article: History of communication

General communication concepts

Forms of communication

General modes and types of communication

Communication industries and media vocations

General communication terms

Communication scholars

External links

A brief history of communication across ages
Communicating for change and impact
How Human Communication Fails (Tampere University of Technology)

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