SettingsCommunication theorists
Alfons Vansteenwegen
Alfons Vansteenwegen PhD (* July 6, 1941 in Leuven, Belgium) is one of the Flemish leading theoreticians and therapists in Communication Theory and important inspirator in the field of couple th...
Alfons Vansteenwegen PhD (* July 6, 1941 in Leuven, Belgium) is one of the Flemish leading theoreticians and therapists in Communication Theory and important inspirator in the field of couple th...
Anthony Wilden
Anthony Wilden is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant.
Anthony Wilden is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant.
Ariella Levy
Ariella Linovski (born August 10, 1982) is a Jewish Canadian-born writer, activist and artist who has contributed to the fields of communication theory, post-zionism, and discourse theory.
Ariella Linovski (born August 10, 1982) is a Jewish Canadian-born writer, activist and artist who has contributed to the fields of communication theory, post-zionism, and discourse theory.
C. Scott Jacobs
Curtis Scott Jacobs, (Scott Jacobs), is an American argumentation, communication, and rhetorical scholar.
Curtis Scott Jacobs, (Scott Jacobs), is an American argumentation, communication, and rhetorical scholar.
Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
D. Lawrence Kincaid
D. Lawrence Kincaid is best known among communication theorists as the proponent of the convergence model of communication, a nonlinear model of communication wherein two communicators strive to...
D. Lawrence Kincaid is best known among communication theorists as the proponent of the convergence model of communication, a nonlinear model of communication wherein two communicators strive to...
Daniel J. O'Keefe
Daniel J. O'Keefe (born 1950) is an American communication and argumentation theory scholar.
Daniel J. O'Keefe (born 1950) is an American communication and argumentation theory scholar.
Denis McQuail
Denis McQuail is an academic and writer within the field of communication theories.
Denis McQuail is an academic and writer within the field of communication theories.
Donald deAvila Jackson
Don D. Jackson (1920-1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy.
Don D. Jackson (1920-1968) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in family therapy.
Ernest Bormann
Ernest G. Bormann (1925–2008) was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Speech-Communication at the University of Minnesota.
Ernest G. Bormann (1925–2008) was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Speech-Communication at the University of Minnesota.
Everett Rogers
Everett M. Rogers (March 6, 1931 - October 21, 2004) was a communication scholar, sociologist, writer, and teacher.
Everett M. Rogers (March 6, 1931 - October 21, 2004) was a communication scholar, sociologist, writer, and teacher.
François Cooren
François Cooren, Ph.D, is a French sociologist of organisational communication and, until 2008, the editor of Communication Theory.
François Cooren, Ph.D, is a French sociologist of organisational communication and, until 2008, the editor of Communication Theory.
G. A. Swanson
Gale Alden (G.A.) Swanson (Jan 12, 1939 - July 3, 2009 ) was an American organizational theorist, and Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University, known for his accounting theo...
Gale Alden (G.A.) Swanson (Jan 12, 1939 - July 3, 2009 ) was an American organizational theorist, and Professor of Accounting at Tennessee Technological University, known for his accounting theo...
G. Thomas Goodnight
G. Thomas Goodnight is an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar.
G. Thomas Goodnight is an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar.
George Edward Cheney
George E. Cheney is a Professor of Communication at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
George E. Cheney is a Professor of Communication at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
George Gerbner
George Gerbner (August 8, 1919 – December 24, 2005) was a professor of Communication and the founder of cultivation theory.
George Gerbner (August 8, 1919 – December 24, 2005) was a professor of Communication and the founder of cultivation theory.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many oth...
Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many oth...
Hamid Mowlana
Hamid Mowlana ( حمید مولانا, Hamid Molana, born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran) is an Iranian-American advisor to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom he has warned against a "...
Hamid Mowlana ( حمید مولانا, Hamid Molana, born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran) is an Iranian-American advisor to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom he has warned against a "...
Harold Lasswell
Harold Dwight Lasswell (February 13, 1902 — December 18, 1978) was a leading American political scientist and communications theorist.
Harold Dwight Lasswell (February 13, 1902 — December 18, 1978) was a leading American political scientist and communications theorist.
James Chesebro
James W. Chesebro is Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Telecommunications at Ball State University.
James W. Chesebro is Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Telecommunications at Ball State University.
James R. Taylor
James Renwick Taylor (born in 1928) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Communication of the Université de Montréal, which he founded in the early 1970s.
James Renwick Taylor (born in 1928) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Communication of the Université de Montréal, which he founded in the early 1970s.
James W. Tankard, Jr.
James William Tankard, Jr. (June 20, 1941 - August 12, 2005), communication scholar, author of The Statistical Pioneers and coauthor of Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, Uses (is...
James William Tankard, Jr. (June 20, 1941 - August 12, 2005), communication scholar, author of The Statistical Pioneers and coauthor of Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, Uses (is...
John Durham Peters
John Durham Peters (born 1958) is an American academic and the A. Craig Baird professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
John Durham Peters (born 1958) is an American academic and the A. Craig Baird professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.
John Searle
John Rogers Searle is an American philosopher and currently the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
John Rogers Searle is an American philosopher and currently the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist, geographer and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Karl Bühler
Karl Ludwig Bühler was a German psychologist and linguist.
Karl Ludwig Bühler was a German psychologist and linguist.
Karl Küpfmüller
Karl Küpfmüller (October 6, 1897 – December 26, 1977) was a German electrical engineer, who was prolific in the areas of communications technology, measurement and control engineering, acoustics...
Karl Küpfmüller (October 6, 1897 – December 26, 1977) was a German electrical engineer, who was prolific in the areas of communications technology, measurement and control engineering, acoustics...
Kevin Porée
Kevin Porée (Kevin Poree) (born 11 February, 1965 in Jersey, Channel Islands) is a London-based record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger and recording engineer.
Kevin Porée (Kevin Poree) (born 11 February, 1965 in Jersey, Channel Islands) is a London-based record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger and recording engineer.
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist, the founder of cultural-historical psychology, and the leader of the Vygotsky Circle.
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist, the founder of cultural-historical psychology, and the leader of the Vygotsky Circle.
Marcel Danesi
Marcel Danesi is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
Marcel Danesi is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
Marshall McLuhan
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a...
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a...
Molefi Asante
Molefi Asante (born August 14, 1942) is an African-American scholar, historian, and philosopher.
Molefi Asante (born August 14, 1942) is an African-American scholar, historian, and philosopher.
Molefi Kete Asante
Molefi Kete Asante (born August 14, 1942) is an African-American scholar, historian, and philosopher.
Molefi Kete Asante (born August 14, 1942) is an African-American scholar, historian, and philosopher.
Muneo Yoshikawa
Muneo Jay Yoshikawa, Ph.D., is a Japanese professor, author, researcher and consultant in the fields of intercultural communication, human development, human resource management, and leadership.
Muneo Jay Yoshikawa, Ph.D., is a Japanese professor, author, researcher and consultant in the fields of intercultural communication, human development, human resource management, and leadership.
Pamela Shoemaker
Pamela J. Shoemaker, is a professor of communication and gatekeeping theorist.
Pamela J. Shoemaker, is a professor of communication and gatekeeping theorist.
Paul Grice
Herbert Paul Grice, usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British-educated philosopher of language, who spent the final two decades...
Herbert Paul Grice, usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British-educated philosopher of language, who spent the final two decades...
Ravi Gomatam
Ravi Veeraraghavan Gomatam is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute and the newly formed Institute for Semantic Information Sciences and Technology.
Ravi Veeraraghavan Gomatam is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute and the newly formed Institute for Semantic Information Sciences and Technology.
Richard Fisch
Richard Fisch was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in brief therapy.
Richard Fisch was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in brief therapy.
Rob Grootendorst
Rob Grootendorst (born February 11, 1944 in Schiedam; died February 23, 2000) was a Dutch communication and argumentation theory scholar.
Rob Grootendorst (born February 11, 1944 in Schiedam; died February 23, 2000) was a Dutch communication and argumentation theory scholar.
Robert T Oliver
Robert Tarbell Oliver (born 1909) was an American author, lecturer and an authority on the Far East.
Robert Tarbell Oliver (born 1909) was an American author, lecturer and an authority on the Far East.
Robert T. Craig (scholar)
Robert T. Craig is a communication theorist from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Robert T. Craig is a communication theorist from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Sally Jackson
Sally Jackson is an American scholar of argumentation, communication, and rhetoric.
Sally Jackson is an American scholar of argumentation, communication, and rhetoric.
Sarah J. Tracy
Sarah J. Tracy, Ph.D., is an organizational communication scholar who received her Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in Communication from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Sarah J. Tracy, Ph.D., is an organizational communication scholar who received her Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in Communication from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Terry Winograd
Terry Allen Winograd is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group.
Terry Allen Winograd is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group.
Theo Van Leeuwen
Theo Van Leeuwen is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Theo Van Leeuwen is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Walter Fisher (professor)
Credited with formalizing Kenneth Burke's Dramatism, Walter Fisher introduced the narrative paradigm to communication theory.
Credited with formalizing Kenneth Burke's Dramatism, Walter Fisher introduced the narrative paradigm to communication theory.
Warren Weaver
Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator.
Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Lang Schramm (August 5, 1907 – December 27, 1987) is sometimes called the "father of communication studies," and had a great influence on the development of communication research in the ...
Wilbur Lang Schramm (August 5, 1907 – December 27, 1987) is sometimes called the "father of communication studies," and had a great influence on the development of communication research in the ...
Yukio Tsuda
Yukio Tsuda is Professor in the Doctoral Program in Modern Cultures and Public Policies of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba in Japan.
Yukio Tsuda is Professor in the Doctoral Program in Modern Cultures and Public Policies of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba in Japan.