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... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > social-interactional orientations > coordinated management of meaning
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > interpersonal concepts > coordinated management of meaning
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > cybernetic and systems orientations > coordinated management of meaning

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coordinated management of meaning  

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  • The coordinated management of meaning (CMM) theory, developed by W. Barnett Pearce, Vernon Cronen, and their colleagues, explains how communicators organize interaction. Since its inception in the 1970s, this theory has been included consistently in the canon of communication theory and applied to a variety of settings. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Coordinated Management of Meaning]

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