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Michael Hecht
-currently teaches at Penn State University
-his research focuses on identity, inter-personal, and inter-ethnic relationships
Communication Theory of Identity explains how communication shapes an individual's identiy using four frames through which individuals view themselves in relation to how they interact with others.
Epistemology: Objectivist
Research Tradition: Socio-psychology
Internally, how you see yourself. How you define yourself, self cognition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
How you communicate your identity to others. Example: by how you dress, what brands you wear, how you walk, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjsSSDLl8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjsSSDLl8w
The ways in which your identity emerges between you and others. Example: family relations, friendships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s41vY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s41vY
Share an identity with a larger group of people Example: religious affiliation, ethnicity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKLjeq9j3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKLjeq9j3Q
Some scholarly research articles that focus on this theory are...
Brooks, C. F., & Pitts, M. J. (2015). Communication and identi...
Brooks, C. F., & Pitts, M. J. (2015). Communication and identity
management in a globally-connected classroom: an online international and intercultural learning experience. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 9(1), 52-68.
Jung, E., & Hecht, M. L. (2004). Elaborating the
communicati...
Jung, E., & Hecht, M. L. (2004). Elaborating the
communication theory of identity: identity gaps and communication outcomes. Communication Quarterly, 52(3), 265-283.
Maeda, E., & Hecht, M. L. (2012). Identity sear...
Maeda, E., & Hecht, M. L. (2012). Identity search:
interpersonal relationships and relational identities of always-single japanese women over time. Western Journal of Communication,76(1), 44-64.
Wagner, P. E. (2017). Bulking Up (Identities): A
communicati...
Wagner, P. E. (2017). Bulking Up (Identities): A
communication framework for male fitness identity. Communication Quarterly, 65(5), 580-602.
Wagner, P. E., Kunkel, A., & Compton, B. L. (20...
Wagner, P. E., Kunkel, A., & Compton, B. L. (2016).
(Trans)lating identity: exploring discursive strategies for navigating the tensions of identity gaps. Communication Quarterly, 64(3), 251-272.