There are 7 communication theory traditions:
1. Rhetorical - practical art of discourse
2. Semiotic – intersubjective mediation through signs in order to mediate between different perspectives
3. Phenomenological - experience of otherness, dialogue
4. Cybernetic - information processing and explains how all kinds of complex systems, whether living or nonliving, macro or micro, are able to function, and why
they often malfunction
5. Sociopsychological - expression, interaction and influence
6. Critical - discursive reflection
7. Sociocultural - reproduction of social order
