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social interaction theories  

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  • Many theories have been used to investigate social interaction; four having historic connections and theoretical overlap will be briefly described in this entry, together with a few major concepts from each: interactional theory, social communication theory, dramaturgical theory, and interactional sociolinguistics. They are similar in their efforts to investigate human interaction broadly. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Social Interaction Theories]

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