Casing Communication Theory

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Copyright: 2019

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Casing Communication Theory exposes readers to some of the most cited, most prolific, most important theories within the dynamic field of communication.  The edited collection features 24 case studies that analyze communication theories in different contexts.  

Casing Communication Theory, edited by Corey J. Liberman, Andrew S. Rancer, and Theodore A. Avtgis:

  • embeds a theory within each case that empowers the reader to see the mutual relationship between the two: how the theory comes to explain the case study and how the case study, in turn, comes to shape the theory,
  • presents and analyzes classic and emerging communication theories such as identity, self-efficacy, humor communication, social penetration, and more.
  • includes readings from 35 experts in the communication field.  These experts specialize in various aspects of communication and feature a myriad of different perspectives.
  • emphasizes that all theories can be questioned, are testable, are parsimonious, and useful.

Chapter 1 – Action assembly theory: Alice’s adventures in theoryland (John Greene)

Chapter 2- A goals-plans-action theory of communication: Ravi and Joe battle over cleaning the apartment (James Dillard)

Chapter 3 – Communication accommodation theory as a lens to examine painful self-disclosure in grandparent-grandchild relationships (Quinten Bernhold & Howard Giles)

Chapter 4 – Call it intuition: Moral foundations theory and understanding political and social disagreement in a contentious society (Gregory Cranmer & Darren Linvill)

Chapter 5 – Millennials in the age of President Trump: An application of problematic integration theory (Austin Babrow & Peter Babrow)

Chapter 6 – A communication privacy management analysis of an end of life admission (Jeffrey Child & Cristin Compton)

Chapter 7 – Relational dialectics theory: It is important for mom to be true to herself (Diana Breshears & Dawn Braithwaite)

Chapter 8 – Integrative communication theory of cross-cultural adaptation and its application to volunteerism in the peace corps (Young Yun Kim)

Chapter 9 – Co-cultural theory: Performing emotional labor from a position of exclusion (Robert Razzante & Sarah Tracy)

Chapter 10 – Violence and cultivation theory: A case study (Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, & Nancy Signorielli)

Chapter 11 – Social information processing theory and a case study of idealized perceptions and misrepresentation within an online community for alcohol addiction (Kevin Wright)

Chapter 12 – Advice response theory: Understanding responses to health advice (Erina MacGeorge & Kasey Foley)

Chapter 13 – An international student in the United States: A case study of communication theory of identity (Yu Lu, Peter Marston, & Michael Hecht)

Chapter 14 – Theories of self-efficacy: The case of registering to become an organ donor (Katy Harris & Thomas Feeley)

Chapter 15 – Lauren’s job interviews: A case study for nonverbal expectancy violations theory (Andrew Rancer & Heather Walter)

Chapter 16 – A few good laughs at a funeral: Incongruity theory of humor communication (Rachel DiCioccio)

Chapter 17 – Truth default theory and cases of political and academic lie detection (Timothy Levine)

Chapter 18 – Validating women and their miscarriage experiences: An application of confirmation theory (Maria Brann)

Chapter 19 – The beard buster: Applying the theory of independent mindedness to the Barbasol company (Theodore Avtgis & Corey Liberman)

Chapter 20 - Genderlect theory: Applications to public relations (Roxana Maiorescu-Murphy)

Chapter 21 – Thinking about interpersonal relationships and social penetration theory: Is it the same for lesbian, gay, or bisexual people? (Jimmie Manning)

Chapter 22 - Language expectancy Theory: Expectancy violations of Reverend Billy and the church of stop shopping (Josh Averbeck)

Chapter 23 – Verbal aggressiveness and frustration-aggression-displacement theory (Charles Wigley) 

Chapter 24 – Using the theory of planned behavior to create health change: The case of university sleep-positive campaigns (Heather Carmack & Heather Stassen)

Corey Liberman

Corey Jay Liberman (PhD, Rutgers University, 2008) is an associate professor of public relations and strategic communication in the Department of Communication and Media Arts at Marymount Manhattan College. His research spans the interpersonal communication, group communication, and organizational communication worlds, and he is currently interested in studying the social practices of dissent within organizations, specifically the antecedents, processes, and effects associated with effective employee dissent communication, as well as risk and crisis communication. He is currently working on a coauthored book entitled Risk and Crisis Communication: Communicating in a Disruptive World (in press) and is coauthor of Organizational Communication: Strategies for Success (2nd Edition), editor of Casing Persuasive Communication, and coeditor of Casing Crisis and Risk Communication, Casing Mediated Communication, and Casing Communication Theory, all published by Kendall Hunt.

Andrew S Rancer

Andrew S. Rancer (Ph.D., 1979, Kent State University) is Professor in the School of Communication at The University of Akron. He is the co-author of six books and numerous book chapters. His research has largely centered on argumentative and aggressive communication and has appeared in several national and regional journals including Communication Education, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, and Communication Research Reports, among others. He is the recipient of several honors, including the Centennial Scholar, Distinguished Research Fellow, and Past President’s Award from the Eastern Communication Association. In 2011, his teaching was recognized by the National Communication Association when he was the recipient of an Exemplary Teacher Award.

Theodore A Avtgis

Theodore A. Avtgis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities. He specializes in medical communication, organizational communication processes and communication predispositions in general business and healthcare organizations. Dr. Avtgis received his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Kent State University. Dr. Avtgis has authored more than 65 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters focusing on organizational communication, health communication, risk and crisis communication, and aggressive communication. His work has appeared in journals such as Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, Communication Education, and Communication Research Reports among many others. He is co-author of fifteen books. Dr. Avtgis was recognized as one of the top 50 most productive researchers in the field of communication studies between 1996-2001 (tied for 12th). Other honors include being named a Centennial Scholar (2009 Eastern Communication Association), Distinguished Scholar (2011 Eastern Communication), Past Presidents’ Award Recipient (Eastern Communication Association), Research Fellow (2012 Eastern Communication Association), Teaching Fellow (2013 Eastern Communication Association), Honoree (2013 Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education), and recipient of the Ashland University Academic Mentor Award (2015). Dr. Avtgis has served as Editor in Chief of Communication Research Reports and has served on the editorial boards of eleven scholarly journals and was recognized as a member of the World Council on Hellenes Abroad (USA Region of American Academics). Throughout his career, Professor Avtgis has served on the faculty of academic institutions including St. John’s University, West Virginia University, Ashland University, and the University of Akron.

Casing Communication Theory exposes readers to some of the most cited, most prolific, most important theories within the dynamic field of communication.  The edited collection features 24 case studies that analyze communication theories in different contexts.  

Casing Communication Theory, edited by Corey J. Liberman, Andrew S. Rancer, and Theodore A. Avtgis:

  • embeds a theory within each case that empowers the reader to see the mutual relationship between the two: how the theory comes to explain the case study and how the case study, in turn, comes to shape the theory,
  • presents and analyzes classic and emerging communication theories such as identity, self-efficacy, humor communication, social penetration, and more.
  • includes readings from 35 experts in the communication field.  These experts specialize in various aspects of communication and feature a myriad of different perspectives.
  • emphasizes that all theories can be questioned, are testable, are parsimonious, and useful.

Chapter 1 – Action assembly theory: Alice’s adventures in theoryland (John Greene)

Chapter 2- A goals-plans-action theory of communication: Ravi and Joe battle over cleaning the apartment (James Dillard)

Chapter 3 – Communication accommodation theory as a lens to examine painful self-disclosure in grandparent-grandchild relationships (Quinten Bernhold & Howard Giles)

Chapter 4 – Call it intuition: Moral foundations theory and understanding political and social disagreement in a contentious society (Gregory Cranmer & Darren Linvill)

Chapter 5 – Millennials in the age of President Trump: An application of problematic integration theory (Austin Babrow & Peter Babrow)

Chapter 6 – A communication privacy management analysis of an end of life admission (Jeffrey Child & Cristin Compton)

Chapter 7 – Relational dialectics theory: It is important for mom to be true to herself (Diana Breshears & Dawn Braithwaite)

Chapter 8 – Integrative communication theory of cross-cultural adaptation and its application to volunteerism in the peace corps (Young Yun Kim)

Chapter 9 – Co-cultural theory: Performing emotional labor from a position of exclusion (Robert Razzante & Sarah Tracy)

Chapter 10 – Violence and cultivation theory: A case study (Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, & Nancy Signorielli)

Chapter 11 – Social information processing theory and a case study of idealized perceptions and misrepresentation within an online community for alcohol addiction (Kevin Wright)

Chapter 12 – Advice response theory: Understanding responses to health advice (Erina MacGeorge & Kasey Foley)

Chapter 13 – An international student in the United States: A case study of communication theory of identity (Yu Lu, Peter Marston, & Michael Hecht)

Chapter 14 – Theories of self-efficacy: The case of registering to become an organ donor (Katy Harris & Thomas Feeley)

Chapter 15 – Lauren’s job interviews: A case study for nonverbal expectancy violations theory (Andrew Rancer & Heather Walter)

Chapter 16 – A few good laughs at a funeral: Incongruity theory of humor communication (Rachel DiCioccio)

Chapter 17 – Truth default theory and cases of political and academic lie detection (Timothy Levine)

Chapter 18 – Validating women and their miscarriage experiences: An application of confirmation theory (Maria Brann)

Chapter 19 – The beard buster: Applying the theory of independent mindedness to the Barbasol company (Theodore Avtgis & Corey Liberman)

Chapter 20 - Genderlect theory: Applications to public relations (Roxana Maiorescu-Murphy)

Chapter 21 – Thinking about interpersonal relationships and social penetration theory: Is it the same for lesbian, gay, or bisexual people? (Jimmie Manning)

Chapter 22 - Language expectancy Theory: Expectancy violations of Reverend Billy and the church of stop shopping (Josh Averbeck)

Chapter 23 – Verbal aggressiveness and frustration-aggression-displacement theory (Charles Wigley) 

Chapter 24 – Using the theory of planned behavior to create health change: The case of university sleep-positive campaigns (Heather Carmack & Heather Stassen)

Corey Liberman

Corey Jay Liberman (PhD, Rutgers University, 2008) is an associate professor of public relations and strategic communication in the Department of Communication and Media Arts at Marymount Manhattan College. His research spans the interpersonal communication, group communication, and organizational communication worlds, and he is currently interested in studying the social practices of dissent within organizations, specifically the antecedents, processes, and effects associated with effective employee dissent communication, as well as risk and crisis communication. He is currently working on a coauthored book entitled Risk and Crisis Communication: Communicating in a Disruptive World (in press) and is coauthor of Organizational Communication: Strategies for Success (2nd Edition), editor of Casing Persuasive Communication, and coeditor of Casing Crisis and Risk Communication, Casing Mediated Communication, and Casing Communication Theory, all published by Kendall Hunt.

Andrew S Rancer

Andrew S. Rancer (Ph.D., 1979, Kent State University) is Professor in the School of Communication at The University of Akron. He is the co-author of six books and numerous book chapters. His research has largely centered on argumentative and aggressive communication and has appeared in several national and regional journals including Communication Education, Communication Monographs, Communication Quarterly, and Communication Research Reports, among others. He is the recipient of several honors, including the Centennial Scholar, Distinguished Research Fellow, and Past President’s Award from the Eastern Communication Association. In 2011, his teaching was recognized by the National Communication Association when he was the recipient of an Exemplary Teacher Award.

Theodore A Avtgis

Theodore A. Avtgis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities. He specializes in medical communication, organizational communication processes and communication predispositions in general business and healthcare organizations. Dr. Avtgis received his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Kent State University. Dr. Avtgis has authored more than 65 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters focusing on organizational communication, health communication, risk and crisis communication, and aggressive communication. His work has appeared in journals such as Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, Communication Education, and Communication Research Reports among many others. He is co-author of fifteen books. Dr. Avtgis was recognized as one of the top 50 most productive researchers in the field of communication studies between 1996-2001 (tied for 12th). Other honors include being named a Centennial Scholar (2009 Eastern Communication Association), Distinguished Scholar (2011 Eastern Communication), Past Presidents’ Award Recipient (Eastern Communication Association), Research Fellow (2012 Eastern Communication Association), Teaching Fellow (2013 Eastern Communication Association), Honoree (2013 Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education), and recipient of the Ashland University Academic Mentor Award (2015). Dr. Avtgis has served as Editor in Chief of Communication Research Reports and has served on the editorial boards of eleven scholarly journals and was recognized as a member of the World Council on Hellenes Abroad (USA Region of American Academics). Throughout his career, Professor Avtgis has served on the faculty of academic institutions including St. John’s University, West Virginia University, Ashland University, and the University of Akron.