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... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > interpersonal concepts > expectancy violations theory
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expectancy violations theory  

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  • Expectancy violations theory (EVT) was developed by Judee K. Burgoon and several colleagues to predict and explain the impact of unexpected communication behavior. Inspired partly by Michael Burgoon's linguistic-based expectancy theory and by Robert Rosenthal's expectancy signaling work, it originated as a theory of the effects of interpersonal proxemic violations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Expectancy Violations Theory]

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