This book contains: Part I: Theorizing: The Process of Sense-Making, chapter 1 The Role of Theory and Theory Building by Fred L.Casmir; Part II: Building Theory: The Role of Assumptions, chapter 2 Renewed Alchemy: Science and Humanism in Communication Epistemology by Scott R. Olson, chapter 3 Probing the Body Ethnographic: From an Anatomy of Inquiry to a Poetics of Expression by James A. Anderson and H.L. Goodall, Jr. Part III: The Foundations of Communication: Human Beings and Language, chapter 4 Orienting to the Phenomenon by Wayne A. Beach; Part IV: Foci of Theori Building: Individuals and Their Associations, chapter 5 Criteria for Developing and Assessing Theories of Interpersonal Communication by Glen H. Stamp, Anita L. Vangelisti, and Mark L. Knapp, chapter 6 Mediated Communication Theory by Robert S. Fortner, chapter 7 Communication in Groups: Research Trends and Theoretical Perspectives by Dennis S. Gouran, Randy Y. Hirokawa, Michael Calvin McGee, and Laurie L. Miller, chapter 8 Human Communication: A Rules Perspective by Donald P. Cushman and Branislav Kovacic. //ir
