Stanley Deetz, PhD, is President of Interaction Design for Innovation and Professor Emeritus and President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he also served as Director of the Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration and Creative Governance. He is the Past-President and a Fellow of the International Communication Association, and a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar. He is the author and co-author of more than 150 essays and several books, including Democracy in an Age of Corporate Colonization. Gary P. Radford, PhD, is Professor of Communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author of On the Philosophy of Communication and On Eco and the co-author of Library Conversations: Reclaiming Interpersonal Communication Theory for Understanding Professional Encounters. Radford is the founding editor of The Atlantic Journal of Communication. Michael Paul Vicaro, PhD, is Associate Professor of Communication at Penn State, Greater Allegheny. He is the author of numerous academic articles and book chapters on rhetorical and communication theory. He is currently writing a scholarly book that applies the insights of philosopher Jacques Rancière to present-day political equality movements.

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Offers a new way of thinking about communication for productively addressing a new set of human problems Communication Theory at the Crossroads presents a generative conceptual framework designed to empower diverse groups and individuals to make productive, creative choices together. Positioning students as active and engaged social scientists, this innovative textbook provides the theoretical foundation for addressing concrete problems and promoting mutually beneficial solutions. From a systemic constructionist perspective, the text develops a communication theory purpose-built to yield new insights, foster new interaction practices, and directly address central current issues such as divisiveness, interdependence, rapid social change, and technology-mediated human experience. Throughout the text, the authors identify the limits of the communication theories currently in use while emphasizing the critical choices facing communication students, scholars, and practitioners. Generating the insight needed to navigate this complex and rapidly changing world, Communication Theory at the Crossroads:

Develops a unified theory that provides a set of concepts that can be used across traditional divisions of communication
Helps students frame their understanding of life difficulties and use theory-based concepts to inform their choices
Draws from insights across communication contexts to provide an integrated theoretical approach to communication
Explains the theory of relational constructionism in a straightforward manner, supported by numerous examples relevant to everyday life
Traces the development of relational constructivism as a response to social difficulties and needs over the past seventy years A groundbreaking contribution to the field, Communication Theory at the Crossroads: Interdependence, Inclusion, and Creative Collaboration is an essential textbook for mid-level undergraduate courses in Communication Theory and Human Communication.