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Predispositioning Theory — was founded by Aron Katsenelinboigen (1927–2005), a Professor in Wharton School who dealt with indeterministic systems such as chess, business, economics, and other fields of knowledge and also made an essential step forward in elaboration of… … Wikipedia
Agenda-setting theory — states that the news media have a large influence on audiences, in terms of what stories to consider newsworthy and how much prominence and space to give them.[1] Agenda setting theory’s main postulate is salience transfer. Salience transfer is… … Wikipedia
Moral sense theory — (also known as sentimentalism) is a view in meta ethics according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions. Some take it to be primarily a view about the nature of moral facts or moral beliefs (a primarily… … Wikipedia
Grounded theory — (GT) is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data.[1] It is mainly used in qualitative research, but is also applicable to quantitative data.[2] Grounded theory is a research method, which… … Wikipedia
Communication Theory as a Field — In 1999 Robert T. Craig wrote a landmark article[1] Communication Theory as a Field [2] which has since received the Best Article Award from the International Communication Association[3] as well as the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the … Wikipedia
Grounded Theory — (zum Problem der Übersetzung siehe unten) ist ein sozialwissenschaftlicher Ansatz zur systematischen Auswertung vor allem qualitativer Daten (Interviewtranskripte, Beobachtungsprotokolle) mit dem Ziel der Theoriegenerierung. Sie stellt dabei… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grounded theory (Strauss) — Grounded theory is either of two different paradigms in sociological work. After common beginnings ( The Discovery of Grounded Theory , Glaser Strauss, 1967), two different methodologies emerged. This article deals with grounded theory in the… … Wikipedia
Information manipulation theory — (IMT)( [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/preview/0312259492/meetauthor.aspx McCornack] , 1992;( [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/preview/0312259492/meetauthor.aspx McCornack] , [http://comm.msu.edu/people/faculty/149 Levine] , Torres, Campbell,… … Wikipedia
Optimal distinctiveness theory — Optimal distinctiveness is a social psychological theory seeking to understand ingroup–outgroup differences. It asserts that individuals desire to attain an optimal balance of inclusion and distinctiveness within and between social groups and… … Wikipedia
good-reasons theory — in American and British metaethics, an approach that tries to establish the validity or objectivity of moral judgments by examining the modes of reasoning used to support them. The approach first appeared in An Examination of the Place of… … Universalium
