Abstract
The author chaired the 1976–77 teaching committee of the AEJ Theory and Methodology Division which was given the responsibility of assessing communications theory instruction. Other members of the committee participating in the project were Thomas F. Gordon, Temple University; Gerald L. Grotta, then of the University of Oklahoma; Roy L. Moore, Georgia State University, and Michael Ryan, West Virginia University. Assisting in the project as a research aide was Donald Fremont.
For another survey of courses and textbooks dealing with theory and methodology, see: Brenda Dervin and Michael Banister, ‘“Theory’ has many definitions in journalism education,” Journalism Educator, Vol. 31, No. 3, October 1976, pp. 10–15, 44.
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