Publications

Current books (click cover images for information)

   

Grounded Practical Theory
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118766804
Handbook of Communication History
Theorizing Communication

         

Selected articles *

Craig, R. T. (2023). Deliberative Play. American Behavioral Scientist, 67(8), 951-962. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221093589 

Craig, R. T. (2022). Communication Research and Education for a Practical Discipline. In J. F. Muñoz Uribe (Ed.), La formación en Comunicación: Visiones de una formación futura: Conceptos y aproximaciones (pp. 51-75). Pontifica Universidad Castólica de Ecuador. [PDF]

Craig, R. T., & Xiong, B. (2022). Traditions of communication theory and the potential for multicultural dialogue. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2021.2009487 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2020). Models of communication in and as metadiscourse. In M. Bergman, K. Kirtiklis & J. Siebers (Eds.), Models of communication: Philosophical and theoretical approaches (pp. 11-33). London: Routledge. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2019). Welcome to the metamodel: A reply to Pablé. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication. 10(1), 101-108. doi: 10.1386/ejpc.10.1.101_1 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2018). Reframing the paradox of pluralism as a communication problem. Javnost – The Public, 25(1-2), 193-201. doi: 10.1080/13183222.2018.1418816 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2018). For a practical discipline. Journal of Communication, 68(2), 289-297. doi:10.1093/joc/jqx013 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2017). Definitions and concepts of communication. In P. Moy (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199756841-0172

Craig, R. T. (2016). Pragmatist realism in communication theory. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 7(2), 115-128. doi: 0.1386/ejpc.7.2.115_1 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2016). Theory and practice. In K. B. Jensen and R. T. Craig (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. Boston: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect268 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2016). Metacommunication. In K. B. Jensen and R. T. Craig (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. Boston: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect232 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2016). Traditions of communication theory. In K. B. Jensen and R. T. Craig (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. Boston: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect11 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2015). The constitutive metamodel: A 16-year review. Communication Theory, 25(4), 356-374. doi: 10.1111/comt.12076 [PDF]

Craig, R. (2015). Communication as a practical discipline: Engaging theory with practice. In Коммуникация как дисциплина и область знания в современном мире: диалог подходов [Communication as a discipline and as a field in the modern world: A dialogue of perspectives] (pp. 59-72). Moscow: National Research University Higher School of Economics. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2015). Grounded practical theory. In K. Tracy (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Malden and Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118611463/wbielsi146 [PDF]

Craig, R. T., & Tracy, K. (2014). Building grounded practical theory in applied communication research: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 42(3), 229-243. doi: 10.1080/00909882.2014.916410 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2013). Communication theory and social change. Communication & Social Change, 1(1), 5-18. doi: 10.4471/csc.2013.01 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2013). Constructing theories in communication research. In P. Cobley & P. J. Schulz (Eds.), Theories and models of communication (pp. 39-57). (Handbooks of communication science, HOCS 1.) Berlin / Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.  [PDF]

Simonson, P., Garcia-Jiménez, L., Siebers, J., & Craig, R. T. (2012). Some foundational conceptions of communication: Revising and expanding the traditions of thought. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 4(1), 73-92. doi: 10.1386/ejpc.4.1.73_1 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2012). The metadiscourse of “voice”: Legitimizing participation in dialogue. In F. Cooren & A. Létourneau (Eds.), (Re)presentations and dialogue (pp. 125-142). Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2012). Arguments about ‘rhetoric’ in the 2008 US presidential election campaign. In F. H. van Eemeren & B. Garssen (Eds.), Exploring Argumentative Contexts (pp. 79-94). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [PDF]

Rich, M. H., & Craig, R. T. (2012). Habermas and Bateson in a world gone M.A.D.: Metacommunication, paradox, and the inverted speech situation. Communication Theory, 22(4), 383-402. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2011). The uses of "argument" in practical metadiscourse. In R. C. Rowland (Ed.), Reasoned argument and social change (pp. 78-86). Washington, DC: National Communication Association. [PDF]

Craig, R. T., & Tracy, K. (2010). Framing discourse as argument in appellate courtrooms: Three cases on same-sex marriage. In D. S. Gouran (Ed.), The functions of argument and social context (pp. 46-53). Washington, DC: National Communication Association. [PDF]

Tracy, K., & Craig, R. T. (2010). Studying interaction in order to cultivate communicative practices: Action-implicative discourse analysis. In J. Streeck (Ed.), New adventures in language and interaction (pp. 145-166). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. [PDF]

Garcia-Jiménez, L., & Craig, R. T. (2010). What Kind of Difference Do We Want to Make? Communication Monographs, 77(4), 429-431. doi: 10.1080/03637751.2010.523591 [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2009). Reflection on "Communication Theory as a Field". Revue internationale de communication sociale et publique, 2009(2), 7-11.  [PDF] 

Barge, J. K., & Craig, R. T. (2009). Practical theory in applied communication scholarship. In L. R. Frey & K. N. Cissna (eds.), Handbook of applied communication research (pp. 55-78). New York: Routledge. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2008). The rhetoric of ‘dialogue’ in metadiscourse: Possibility-impossibility arguments and critical events. In E. Weigand (Ed.), Dialogue and rhetoric (pp. 55-67). Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins (Dialogue Studies 2).  [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2008). Communication in the conversation of disciplines. Russian Journal of Communication, 1(1), 7-24. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2007). Pragmatism in the field of communication theory. Communication Theory, 17(2), 125-145. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2007). Arguments about ‘dialogue’ in practice and theory. In F. H. van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, & C. A. Willard, & B. Garssen (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (pp. 285-290). Amsterdam:  SIC SAT. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2006). Communication as a practice. In G. J. Shepherd, J. St. John, & T. Striphas (eds.), Communication as …: Perspectives on theory (pp. 38-47). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2006). A path through the methodological divides. Keio Communication Review, 28, 9-17. [PDF]

Craig, R. T., & Tracy, K. (2005). "The issue" in argumentation practice and theory. In F. H. van Eemeren & P. Houtlosser (Eds.), The practice of argumentation (pp. 11-28). Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.  [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2005). How we talk about how we talk: Communication theory in the public interest. 2004 ICA presidential address. Journal of Communication, 44(4), 659-667. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (2001). Dewey and Gadamer on practical reflection: Toward a methodology for the practical disciplines. In D. K. Perry (Ed.), American pragmatism and communication research (pp. 131-148). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1999). Communication theory as a field. Communication Theory, 9(2), 119-161. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1999). Metadiscourse, theory, and practice. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 32(1), 21-29. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1996). Practical-theoretical argumentation. Argumentation, 10, 461-474. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1996). Practical theory: A reply to Sandelands. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 26(1), 65-79. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1995). Applied communication research in a practical discipline. In K. N. Cissna (Ed.), Applied communication in the 21st century:  Report of the Tampa conference on applied communication (pp. 147-155). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. [PDF]

Craig, R. T., & Tracy, K. (1995). Grounded practical theory: The case of intellectual discussion. Communication Theory, 5, 248-272. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1993, Summer). Why are there so many communication theories? Journal of Communication, 43(3), 26-33. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1990). The speech tradition. Communication Monographs, 57, 309-314. [PDF]

Craig, R. T. (1989). Communication as a practical discipline. In B. Dervin, L. Grossberg, B. O'Keefe, & E. Wartella (Eds.), Rethinking communication; Volume 1: Paradigm issues (pp. 97-122). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. [PDF]

     * See my full CV for a complete publication list. PDFs of most my articles and papers are available.  Email requests to Robert.Craig@Colorado.edu.