11. Today, development communication has shifted from modernization and dependency theories to more normative and holistic approaches. 12. Hsu believes that increased economic cooperation between Taiwan and China is a manifestation of dependency theory . 13. His research lead to the creation of the Media Systems Dependency Theory with Sandra Ball-Rokeach in 1976. 14. Dependency theory is essentially a follow up to structuralist thinking, and shares many of its core ideas.15. Both versions of Dependency Theory were critiqued throughout the 1970s for the static historical accounts they provided. 16. This is covered in his dependency theory . 17. By the late 1960s, dependency theory arose analysing the evolving relationship between the West and the Third World. 18. Wallerstein also provided an historical account of the development of capitalism which had been missing from Dependency Theory . 19. Wallerstein also provided an historical account of the development of capitalism which had been missing from Dependency theory . 20. Dependency theory holds that poverty in postcolonial nations is largely a result of their economic dependence on larger nations.