Background
Charles Berger was born in 1939 in the United States.
Berger received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
After completing his undergraduate studies, he attended Michigan State University where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Communication.
After completing his undergraduate studies, he attended Michigan State University where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Communication.
Berger received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
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1982
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1982
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1984
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Charles Berger was born in 1939 in the United States.
Berger received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. After completing his undergraduate studies, he attended Michigan State University where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Communication.
Charles Berger was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis. He was one of the creators of the influential Uncertainty Reduction Theory in 1975, and was an integral part of the field with his focus on theory and studies on message production processes and the processing of threat-related messages. His research interests include message production processes and the processing of threat-related messages by intuitive and rational systems.
Berger authored more than 100 articles and book chapters and was co-editor on the "Handbook of Communication Science." In addition to his prolific contribution to the literature, Berger was editor of the ICA journal, Human Communication Research during 1983 - 1986, and co-editor of Communication Research in 1994 - 1999.
Elected as an ICA Fellow in 1987, Berger continued his service to ICA as President in 1995. He was the recipient of the ICA Fellows Book Award in 2002 for "Language and Social Knowledge: Uncertainty in Interpersonal Relationships", and received the National Communication Association’s Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication in 2008. ICA Past President and Fellow, Charles R. Berger, passed away on 25 September, 2018.
Berger is best known for his formulation of uncertainty reduction theory. Charles Berger is highly notable for his books "Language: Social and Psychological Perspectives", "Language and Social Knowledge: Uncertainty in Interpersonal Relations", "Social Cognition and Communication", and "Comparative Theories of Human Communication."
International Communication Association
1977 - 1999
chairperson of Interpersonal and Small Group Interaction Division
National Communication Association
1990 - 1993
American Psychological Society
Society for Experimental Social Psychology
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Iowa Network for Personal Relationships
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Chuck Berger was a wonderful scholar, a creative thinker, an important and highly influential figure in our field, a delightful guy, and a supportive colleague. His intellectual and service contributions to ICA and our discipline span many decades.
Charles Berger married Kye Hwa Kim, with whom he had four children: Daniel, Douglas, Matthew, and Soo Hyun.
