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bona fide group theory  

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  • The bona fide group theory, originally developed by Linda Putnam and Cynthia Stohl, identifies a set of theoretical concepts that enable researchers to move away from studying small groups as if they were isolated, decontextualized, and without history and study groups in context. This perspective was first articulated in a special 1990 issue of the journal Communication Studies, in which several well-known communication scholars called for the discipline to pay greater attention to groups within their natural environments. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Bona Fide Group Theory]

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