Editing Communication Theory Development (Fall 2025) (section)

=== Module II: Epistemologies Underlying Communication Theory ===
==== Day 7: Wednesday October 15: What is Communication Theory? Epistemological Foundations ====

* Miller, Katherine. 2005. “Philosophical Foundations: What Is Theory?” In ''Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts'', 18–31. Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day07-epistemologies?preview=139922128}}
* Craig, Robert T. 1999. “Communication Theory as a Field.” ''Communication Theory'' 9 (2): 119–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1999.tb00355.x. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1999.tb00355.x}}
* Anderson, James A., and Michael K. Middleton. 2014. “Epistemological Movements in Communication.” In ''A Century of Communication Studies: The Unfinished Conversation'', edited by Pat J. Gehrke and William M. Keith, 82–108. New York: Routledge. [Available in Canvas] {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day07-epistemologies?preview=139921791}}
* Condit, Celeste Michelle. 1990. “The Birth of Understanding: Chaste Science and the Harlot of the Arts.” ''Communication Monographs'' 57 (4): 323–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759009376207. {{avail-uw|https://research-ebsco-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/c/2onyl7/search/details/cqca6k4woz}}

==== Day 8: Monday October 20: Social Scientific Perspectives ====

* Miller, Katherine. 2005. “Post-Positivist Perspectives on Theory Development.” In ''Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts'', 32–45. Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day08-socsci?preview=139930956}}
* McLeod, Jack, and Zhongdang Pan. 2005. “Concept Explication and Theory Construction.” In ''The Evolution of Key Mass Communication Concepts: Honoring Jack M. McLeod'', edited by Sharon Dunwoody, Lee B. Becker, Douglas M. McLeod, and Gerald M. Kosicki, 13–38. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day08-socsci?preview=139932798}} [Note: the whole chapter is available to you, but you are just expected to read pages 13-38.]
* Swedberg, Richard. 2012. “Theorizing in Sociology and Social Science: Turning to the Context of Discovery.” Theory and Society 41 (1): 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-011-9161-5. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-011-9161-5}}
* '''[Example]''' Kramer, Adam D. I., Jamie E. Guillory, and Jeffrey T. Hancock. 2014. “Experimental Evidence of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion through Social Networks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (24): 8788–90. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320040111. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320040111}}

;Optional Readings:
* Merton, Robert K. 1957. “On Sociological Theory of the Middle Range.” In ''Social Theory and Social Structure'', 1968 Enlarged Ed. Free Press. {{avail-uw|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day08-socsci?preview=140166940}}
* Dillard, James Price. 2004. “Editor’s Comment.” Human Communication Research 30 (1): 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2004.tb00722.x. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2004.tb00722.x}}

==== Day 9: Wednesday October 22: Interpretive Perspectives ====

* Miller, Katherine. 2005. “Interpretive Perspectives on Theory Development.” In ''Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts'', 46–59. Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day09-interp?preview=139931140}}
* Charmaz, Kathy. 2014. “Chapter 1: An Invitation to Grounded Theory.” In ''Constructing Grounded Theory'', 2nd ed., 1-21. Sage. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day09-interp?preview=140322356}}
* Geertz, Clifford. 1973. “Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture.” In ''The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays'', 3-30. New York, NY: Basic Books. {{avail-uw|1=https://www-fulcrum-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/epubs/0r967617w?locale=en#page=13}}
* '''[Example]''' Philipsen, Gerry. 1975. “Speaking ‘like a Man’ in Teamsterville: Culture Patterns of Role Enactment in an Urban Neighborhood.” ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'' 61 (1): 13. 9305255. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335637509383264. {{avail-uw|1=https://research-ebsco-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/c/2onyl7/viewer/pdf/vecgbjje4v?route=details}}

==== Day 10: Monday October 27: Humanities Perspectives ====

* Leff, Michael. 2006. “Up from Theory: Or I Fought the Topoi and the Topoi Won.” ''Rhetoric Society Quarterly'' 36 (2): 203–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02773940600605560. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1080/02773940600605560}}
* Toulmin, Stephen. 1993. “The Marginal Relevance of Theory to the Humanities,” ''Common Knowledge'' 2, no. 1: 75-84. [Available in Canvas] {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day10-humanities?preview=140322518}}
* Appiah, Kwame Anthony. 2022. “Philosophy, the Humanities & the Life of Freedom.” ''Daedalus'' 151 (3): 180–93. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_01937. {{avail-free|https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_01937}}
* '''[Example]''' Ling, David A. 1970. “A Pentadic Analysis of Senator Edward Kennedy’s Address to the People of Massachusetts, July 25, 1969.” ''Central States Speech Journal'' 21 (2): 81–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977009363002. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day10-humanities?preview=140355322}}

==== Day 11: Wednesday October 29: Critical Perspectives ====

* Miller, Katherine. 2005. “Critical Perspectives on Theory Development.” In ''Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts'', 2nd Edition, 66-82. Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill. {{avail-uw|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day11-critical?preview=140355329}}
* Hall, Stuart. 1982. “The Rediscovery of ‘Ideology’; Return of the Repressed in Media Studies.” In ''Culture, Society, and the Media'', edited by Michael Gurevitch, Tony Bennett, James Curran, and Janet Woollacott, 52-86. Methuen. {{avail-uw|1=https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/culture-society-and/9780415027892/11_ch03.xhtml#ch3}} {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day11-critical?preview=140322597}}
* McKerrow, Raymie E. 1989. “Critical Rhetoric: Theory and Praxis.” ''Communication Monographs'' 56 (2): 91–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637758909390253. {{avail-uw|1=https://research-ebsco-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/c/2onyl7/viewer/pdf/sfkyt2otd5?route=details}}
* '''[Example]''' Gray, Herman. 1995. “Black Masculinity and Visual Culture.” ''Callaloo'' 18 (2): 401–5. {{avail-uw|https://www.jstor.org/stable/3299086}}