Figures & data
Table 1. Clusters of communication theories.
Table 2. Distributions theory references per paradigm and theory cluster.
Figure 1. Number of publications using communication science theories over time.
Figure 2. Variations of paradigms over time.
Table 3. Overall frequency and percentage of articles with reference to communication theory per journal per year.
Table 4. Percentage (and absolute number) of articles per paradigm and journal.
Figure 3. Origin of publications based on first-author affiliation per paradigm.
Figure 4. The 272 co-occurring title words, used twice or more often, in the 613 articles on the dominant paradigm of “social science theories”.
Figure 5. The 56 co-occurring title words, used twice or more often, in the 141 articles in “interpretive/ cultural studies/ critical studies approach”.
Figure 6. The 47 title words co-occuring twice or more often in the 176 articles on “rhetorics”.
Table A: Distribution per communication theory.
Table B: Term frequencies per paradigm.