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    A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of phenomena that has been repeatedly tested and verified through observation and experimentation. A theory incorporates facts, laws, and hypotheses to explain aspects of the natural world. While a theory may not have been conclusively proven, it has gained wide acceptance within the scientific community based on its ability to make accurate predictions. Communication theory refers to principles that explain how information is transmitted and delivered through various media channels.

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    A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of phenomena that has been repeatedly tested and verified through observation and experimentation. A theory incorporates facts, laws, and hypotheses to explain aspects of the natural world. While a theory may not have been conclusively proven, it has gained wide acceptance within the scientific community based on its ability to make accurate predictions. Communication theory refers to principles that explain how information is transmitted and delivered through various media channels.

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    A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of phenomena that has been repeatedly tested and verified through observation and experimentation. A theory incorporates facts, laws, and hypotheses to explain aspects of the natural world. While a theory may not have been conclusively proven, it has gained wide acceptance within the scientific community based on its ability to make accurate predictions. Communication theory refers to principles that explain how information is transmitted and delivered through various media channels.

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    What is Theory?

    What is Theory?
     a well-substantiated explanation of some
    aspect of the natural world; an organized
    system of accepted knowledge that
    applies in a variety of circumstances to
    explain a specific set of phenomena;
    "theories can incorporate facts and laws
    and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and
    theory"
    What is Theory?
     hypothesis: a tentative theory about the
    natural world; a concept that is not yet
    verified but that if true would explain
    certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific
    hypothesis that survives experimental
    testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he
    proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later
    was accepted in chemical practices"
    What is Theory?

    • A comprehensive explanation of a given


    set of data that has been repeatedly
    confirmed by observation and
    experimentation and has gained general
    acceptance within the scientific community
    but has not yet been decisively proven.
    What is Theory?

    • a general principle that explains or


    predicts facts or events
    • a statement or set of statements used to
    explain a phenomena. A theory is
    generally accepted as valid due to having
    survived repeated testing.
    What is Theory?

    • A theory is an abstract formulation of the


    constant relations between entities or, a series
    of events, ideas or things that are connected
    and sequence of phenomena and/or events. A
    theory may be true or false. A valid theory
    attempts to eliminate all contradictions in the
    application of cause and effect to a given
    specific situation or set of conditions. The aim of
    a theory is always success in action. ...
    What is Theory?
    • A scientific theory is an established and
    experimentally verified fact or collection of
    facts about the world. Unlike the everyday
    use of the word theory, it is not an
    unproved idea, or just some theoretical
    speculation. The latter meaning of a
    'theory' in science is called a hypothesis.
    What is Theory?

    • An extremely well-substantiated
    explanation of some aspects of the natural
    world that incorporates facts, laws,
    predictions, and tested hypotheses. (Eg,
    Einstein's Theory of Gravitation, 1916)
    What is Theory?
    • is a set of statements or principles devised
    to explain a group of facts or phenomena,
    especially one that has been repeatedly
    tested or is widely accepted and can be
    used to make predictions about natural
    phenomena.
    What is Theory?
    • a step in the scientific method in which a
    statement is generated on the basis of highly
    confirmed hypotheses and is used to generalize
    about conditions not yet tested.

    several related propositions that explain some


    domain of inquiry. Also called a school or
    paradigm.
    What is Theory?
    • A statement or set of statements designed to
    explain a phenomenon or class of phenomena.
    For example, Social Learning Theory describes
    how human behavior is a product of
    environmental, social and personal factors.

    explanation of a problem are based upon


    observations and experiments.
    Communication theory
    • Claude Shannon (Bell labs) and Warren Weaver
    developed a theory of communication in 1948.
    Shannon's original theory (also known as
    "information theory") was later elaborated and
    given a more popular, non-mathematical
    formulation by Warren Weaver, a media
    specialist with the Rockefeller Foundation. ...
    Communication theory

    • communications: the discipline that studies


    the principles of transmitting information
    and the methods by which it is delivered
    (as print or radio or television etc.);
    "communications is his major field of
    study"
    Communication theory
    • Some have suggested that the very common
    practice of beginning a communication theory class
    with an attempt to define communication and theory
    is flawed pedagogy. Nonetheless, it is difficult to
    begin a study of the theories of communication
    without first having some grasp, however temporary
    and tenuous, of what sorts of phenomena "count"
    as communication, and what kinds of ideas about
    those phenomena constitute "theory," or, more
    specifically, good theory.

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