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In this innovative and potentially controversial book, Penman
examines the future of communication as a discipline. She foresees
a time in which communicating is conceived as a social construction
process, in the anticipation that this will allow a genuine
practical response to contemporary social problems. The book sets
out a map toward accomplishing that future--laying the foundations
for a different way of conceiving of communication, enabling direct
action, rather than just theorizing about it. It begins with a
history illustrating how the communication discipline has arrived
to where it is today and then goes on to demonstrate Penman's
conception of communication. Reconstructing Communicating is an
exploration of what it means to inquire into communicating; to
treat communicating as the essential problematic of concern; and to
recognize that we construct our reality in our communicating. In
undertaking this exploration, the author pursues a central theme of
what constitutes good communicating and good communication
research. Arguments throughout this book provide a radical
departure from mainstream communication studies and especially from
the rationalist's quest for truth and scientific knowledge. A way
of acting in good faith is offered, both with the process of
communicating and with the participants in it, that generates
practical understandings for constructing new futures. Designed for
communication scholars and graduate students primarily in
organizational communication, public relations, and communication
theory, this book will also interest those in management and
business as it deals with practical communication issues.
This book honors the life and work of the late W. Barnett Pearce, a
leading theorist in the communication field. The book is divided
into four sections. The first section will lead with an essay by
Barnett Pearce. This will be followed by sections on (1) practical
theory, (2) dialogue, and (3) social transformation. In the
broadest sense, these are probably the three general themes found
in the work of Pearce and his colleagues. In another sense, these
categories also identify three important dimensions of Pearce's
major contribution, the theory of the Coordinated Management of
Meaning.
In this innovative and potentially controversial book, Penman
examines the future of communication as a discipline. She foresees
a time in which communicating is conceived as a social construction
process, in the anticipation that this will allow a genuine
practical response to contemporary social problems. The book sets
out a map toward accomplishing that future--laying the foundations
for a different way of conceiving of communication, enabling direct
action, rather than just theorizing about it. It begins with a
history illustrating how the communication discipline has arrived
to where it is today and then goes on to demonstrate Penman's
conception of communication.
"Reconstructing Communicating" is an exploration of what it means
to inquire into communicating; to treat communicating as the
essential problematic of concern; and to recognize that we
construct our reality in our communicating. In undertaking this
exploration, the author pursues a central theme of what constitutes
good communicating and good communication research.
Arguments throughout this book provide a radical departure from
mainstream communication studies and especially from the
rationalist's quest for truth and scientific knowledge. A way of
acting in good faith is offered, both with the process of
communicating and with the participants in it, that generates
practical understandings for constructing new futures.
Designed for communication scholars and graduate students
primarily in organizational communication, public relations, and
communication theory, this book will also interest those in
management and business as it deals with practical communication
issues.
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