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Toward a Critique of the Message Construct in Communication

The idea of an inherent structure of meaning in human communication is identified as the message construct. Traces of the construct in textbook models of the basic communication process and in popular magazine images of communication are examined. The argument is raised that objectifying the message has resulted in a paradigm which focuses disproportionately on explicit, representational, and instrumental aspects of communication. An alternative conception is proposed which would take into account implicit, constitutive, and generative aspects.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500253
Date08 1900
CreatorsWilson, John K. (John Kenneth)
ContributorsGonzalez, Maria Christina, Bruner, Michael S., Neal, David M.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 115 leaves : ill, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Wilson, John K. (John Kenneth)

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