Communication Theory

Guest editors: Silvio Waisbord and Claudia Mellado
Submission deadline: April 1, 2013

Although Western perspectives have been dominant in the study of communication, scholars have called for the emancipation of non-Western theories and new conceptual and theoretical perspectives. Researchers have shown the importance and vitality of communication theories grounded in various philosophical conceptions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This call should not be understood as an effort to "de-Westernize" communication studies. On the contrary, the task is to explore whether non-Western perspectives expand the analysis and challenge central assumptions and arguments.

Communication Theory therefore invites authors to submit papers for a future special issue on "Questioning geocultural boundaries of communication theories: De-Westernization, cosmopolitalism and globalization." Keep Reading!

Political Communication in Media Society: Does Democracy Still Enjoy an Epistemic Dimension? The Impact of Normative Theory on Empirical Research

Reinforcing Spirals: The Mutual Influence of Media Selectivity and Media Effects and Their Impact on Individual Behavior and Social Identity

Communication Theory as a Field

Toward a Theory of Entertainment Persuasion: Explaining the Persuasive Effects of Entertainment-Education Messages

The Evolution of Media Effects Theory: A Six-Stage Model of Cumulative Research

Understanding Media Enjoyment: The Role of Transportation Into Narrative Worlds

Dialogue, Activism, and Democratic Social Change

Social Identity, Self-Categorization, and the Communication of Group Norms

Surveillance on Reality Television and Facebook: From Authenticity to Flowing Data

The Problem of Media Habits

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