ACT Theory of Communication
Agenda setting theory
AIDA Model
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Contextual Design
Domestication
Lasswell’s model
Social Marketing Theory
Aristotle’s Communication Model
BERLO’S SMCR MODEL OF COMMUNICATION
De Fleur Model of Communication
Duck’s Relationship Filtering Model
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Fisher’s Model – Small Group Communication
GateKeeping Theory
Gerbner’s General Model
Helical Model of Communication
Knapp’s Relationship Model
Lasswell’s model
Mental Model
OSGOOD- SCHRAMM MODEL OF COMMUNICATION
Poole’s Model – Small Group Communication
Propaganda Model
Riley & Riley Model of Communication
Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication
SMCR MODEL
The Johari Window Model
The Newcomb’s Model
Westley and MacLean’s Model of Communication
Cultural Communication
ACT Theory of Communication
Communication Accommodation Theory
Cross Cultural Communication
Cultivation Theory
Cultural Identity Theory
Face-Negotiation Theory
Knowledge Gap Theory
Media Dependency Theory
MEDIUM THEORY
Modernisation Theory
Modernism
Muted Group Theory
Postmodernism
Sociocultural Theory
The Spiral of Silence Theory
Victorianism
Development Communication
Diffusion of Innovation Theory
Group Communication
Aristotle’s Communication Model
CONTAGION THEORY
Creativity in Groups
Fisher’s Model – Small Group Communication
Groupthink
Muted Group Theory
Poole’s Model – Small Group Communication
Riley & Riley Model of Communication
Social Identity Theory
The Johari Window Model
Tubb’s Theory- Small Group Communication
Intercultural Communication
Cross Cultural Communication
Cultural Identity Theory
Identity Management Theory
Social Support
Interpersonal Communication
AIDA Model
Argumentation Theory
Attachment Theory
Attribution Theory
BERLO’S SMCR MODEL OF COMMUNICATION
CLASSICAL RHETORICAL THEORY
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
CONTAGION THEORY
Conversation Theory
Coordinated Management of Meaning
De Fleur Model of Communication
Face-Negotiation Theory
I and Thou
Identity Management Theory
Interpersonal Communication
Interpretative and Interaction Theory of Interpersonal Communication
Knapp’s Relationship Model
Language Expectancy Theory
OSGOOD- SCHRAMM MODEL OF COMMUNICATION
Relational Dialectics Theory
Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication
SMCR MODEL
SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
Westley and MacLean’s Model of Communication
Mass Communication
Agenda setting theory
Aristotle’s Communication Model
Authoritarian Theory
Catharsis Theory of Mass Communication
De Fleur Model of Communication
Entertainment Education
Functions of Mass Communication
GateKeeping Theory
Gerbner’s General Model
Knowledge Gap Theory
Lasswell’s model
Libertarian Theory
MAGIC BULLET OR HYPODERMIC NEEDLE THEORY OF COMMUNICATION
Meaning Theory of Media Portrayal
Media Democracy
Media Dependency Theory
Media Malaise Theory
Media Richness Theory
MEDIUM THEORY
Normative Theory – Four Theories of the Press
PLAY THEORY
Riley & Riley Model of Communication
Social Responsibility Theory
Soviet Media Theory
Technological Determinism
The Spiral of Silence Theory
Two Step Flow Theory
uses and gratification theory
Westley and MacLean’s Model of Communication
Organisational Communication
ACT Theory of Communication
Creativity in Groups
Groupthink
Hawthorne Effect
LEADERSHIP STYLES
Management by objectives (Drucker)
Organisational Information Theory
System Theory
Theory X and Theory Y
Theory Z
Political Communication
Agenda setting theory
Authoritarian Theory
Libertarian Theory
Media Malaise Theory
Normative Theory – Four Theories of the Press
Propaganda Model
Social Responsibility Theory
Soviet Media Theory
Psychology, Behavioral And Social Science
ACT Theory of Communication
AIDA Model
Alphabet Effect Theory
Argumentation Theory
Arousal Theory
Attachment Theory
Attribution Theory
CLASSICAL RHETORICAL THEORY
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Communication Accommodation Theory
Computer Mediated Communication
Constructivism
CONTAGION THEORY
Control Theory
Conversation Analysis
Conversation Theory
Cultivation Theory
Displacement Effect Theory
Dramaturgy
Drive Theory
Duck’s Relationship Filtering Model
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Expectancy Violation Theory
Fisher’s Model – Small Group Communication
Framing
GateKeeping Theory
Gender and Media
Groupthink
Health Belief Model
Hermeneutics
Inoculation Theory
Intersectionality
Knapp’s Relationship Model
Knowledge Gap Theory
Language Expectancy Theory
MAGIC BULLET OR HYPODERMIC NEEDLE THEORY OF COMMUNICATION
Marxist Theory of Alienation
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Mental Model
Modelling Theory
Modernisation Theory
Modernism
Muted Group Theory
Organisational Information Theory
Peirce Model
Positive Psychology
Postmodernism
Priming
Protection Motivation Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory Of Communication
Regulatory Focus Theory
Rorschach Experiments
Self-Efficacy Theory
Social Support
Sociocultural Theory
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM THEORY
The Big Five Factor Model
The Bystander Effect
The Meaning of Meaning Model
The Narrative Paradigm
The Spiral of Silence Theory
The Standpoint Theory
THEORY OF REASONED ACTION
Two Step Flow Theory
uses and gratification theory
Victorianism
Technical Communication
Computer Mediated Communication
Diffusion of Innovation Theory
SPEECH ACT THEORY
Visual Communication
Alphabet Effect Theory
Entertainment Education
Face-Negotiation Theory
Framing
Media Malaise Theory
Minimalism
Rorschach Experiments
Culled: http://communicationtheory.org/list-of-theories/