No More “What Is Communication?”

Delimits the pedagogical usefulness of the question "What is communication?" Shows that it leads students to a reductionist or essentialist mode of thinking that impedes rather than fosters appreciation of the complexity and heterogeneity of communicative events. Maintains that communicati...

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Published in:Communication Research 1991-12, Vol.18 (6), p.825-833
Main Author: MURPHY, MARY ANN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Communication Research
Education
Higher Education
Interpersonal communication
Students
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)
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Summary:Delimits the pedagogical usefulness of the question "What is communication?" Shows that it leads students to a reductionist or essentialist mode of thinking that impedes rather than fosters appreciation of the complexity and heterogeneity of communicative events. Maintains that communication can be analyzed and improved without reducing it to a single common property. (SR)
ISSN:0093-6502
1552-3810
DOI:10.1177/009365091018006006