Stephen M. Croucher is Professor at Massey University, New Zealand. He is co-author of Understanding Communication Research Methods.

• 1. Introduction to Communication Theory 2. The Social Scientific Approach to Theory 3. The Interpretive Approach to Theory 4. The Critical Approach to Theory 5. Interpersonal Communication 6. Organizational Communication 7. Intercultural Communication Stephen M. Croucher, Diyako Rahmani, and Mélodine Sommier 8. Small Group Communication 9. Health Communication 10. Mass Communication 11. Persuasion 12. Rhetorical Theory Jansen B. Warner and Daniel Cronn-Mills 13. Critical Cultural Theory James P. Dimock and Kirsti K. Cole

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