Incorporating examples relevant to everyday life and an accessible writing style, this text focuses on 23 theories that sample the breadth of communication research. This third edition includes a new chapter on postmodern thinking and its influence on the field, plus new material on critical race theory and white studies, third-wave feminism and multicultural feminism, and technological determinism. Wood teaches humanities at the University of North Carolina. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)