Understanding Communication

Originally published in 1983. Using a dual approach, this book evaluates communication in all its facets so that the practical issues of communication can be viewed as they relate to the human condition itself.

Autorentext

Crowley, David

Inhalt

Introduction Part 1: The Foundations - Feedback and Reflexion 1. The Idea of Feedback 2. Interdependency and Human Needs 3. Reflexion and the Social Order 4. Modes of Human Communication Part 2: The Empirical Enclosures 5. The Classical Models of Information 6. Instrumental Information 7. Social Information 8. Information and Codification Part 3: Intersubjectivity - Modes of Symbolic Interaction 9. Language 10. Story Systems 11. Symbols and Symbolization 12. Symbol Internalization Part 4: Bias - The Semiotic Web 13. Perceptual Bias 14. Interactional Bias 15. Representational Bias Part 5: The Production of Culture 16. Media and the Public 17. The Development Process 18. Culture and Social Meaning Part 6: Principles and Practices 19. The Legitimization Process 20. Research, Designs, and Judgments 21. The Human Conversation