In Defense of Symbolic Convergence Theory: A Look at The Theory and Its Criticisms After Two Decades

Journal Article In Defense of Symbolic Convergence Theory: A Look at the Theory and Its Criticisms after Two Decades Get access Ernest G. Bormann, Ph.D., Ernest G. Bormann, Ph.D. 1Ernest G. Bormann is professor, Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John F. Craan, Ph.D., John F. Craan, Ph.D. 2John Cragan is professor, Department of Communication, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61701 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Donald C. Shields, Ph.D. Donald C. Shields, Ph.D. 3Donald C. Shields is associate professor, Department of Communication, University of Missouri-St.Louis, St.Louis, MO 63121 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communication Theory, Volume 4, Issue 4, November 1994, Pages 259–294, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1994.tb00093.x Published: 17 March 2006