Moore's Theory of Transactional Distance

While reading several of Moore's descriptions of his own Transactional Distance Theory (hereafter TDT), I found myself saying unusually large numbers of "yeps" and "uh-huhs". This is troubling to me, only because I tend to think that sometimes I do not read academic literature with a sufficiently critical eye. However, based on my observations of those students in my graduate program that are senior to me, I believe that developing a healthy sense of skepticism is inevitable (although to what extremes it can still be considered "healthy" is debatable). But, I digress.

Still, I think he's got a good theory here! In any case, I felt like I could understand and relate to a lot of Moore's ideas. Of course, I haven't done any empirical research myself on this theory, but everything he stated seems congruent with my recollection of my own experiences. And where my experiences are different from others' experiences, I don't have to work too hard to imagine how it might still apply to them as well.

I won't attempt to cover everything about the theory here (no sense in rewriting Moore's work), but I think it will be helpful to clarify what the major points of his theory are, and I may write a few thoughts on them as I go along.