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Offers an up-to-date study of the theoretical challenges facing Communication studies
Discusses the extent to which the challenges can be met
Focuses on the fruitful problems of Orientation and Communication in a constructive way
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Getting Acquainted
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Toward a Philosophy of Communication
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Toward the Simple Introduction to Communication
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About this book
This book is a philosophical introduction to the field of communication and media studies. In search of the philosophical backgrounds of that relatively young field, the book explores why this overwhelmingly popular discipline is in crisis. The book discusses classic introductions on communication, provides an update on lessons learned, and re-evaluates the work of pioneers in the light of up-to-date philosophical standards. It summarizes various debates surrounding the foundations of system theory and especially its applicability to the Social Sciences in general and to Communication Studies in particular.
Communication schools promise their students an understanding of the source of a principal and dynamical power in their lives, a power shaping societies and identities, molding aspirations, and deciding their fates. They also promise students a practical benefit, a chance to learn the secret of controlling that dynamical power, improving a set of skills that would ensure them a critical edge in the future job market: become better media experts for all media. Yet no one seems to know how such promises are met. Can there be a general theory of communication? If not, what can (should) communication students learn? This book looks at the problem from a philosophical perspective and proposes a framework wherein critical cases can be tested.Reviews
“Any author who manages to write a penetrating, thoughtful, and evocative book on an underappreciated topic deserves applause. Nimrod Bar-Am does this and much more. … Bar-Am does us all good service, and his passion for his subject makes the reading not only intellectually gratifying but also sown with moments of pure joy. … will find an abundance of riches which provoke, capture, instruct, at times even elevate, and always lure to reflection.” (Itay Shani, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, November, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Communication, Sapir College, Tel Aviv, Israel
Nimrod Bar-Am
About the author
He is the author of Extensionalism the Revolution in Logic (Springer 2008) and of various articles and peer-reviewed publications, most recent of which is “Systems Heuristics and Digital Culture” with Raphael Sassower, in: Traditions of Systems Theory: Major Figures and Developments (Routledge 2013). His research focuses on Philosophy of Communication and on Scientific Methodology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: In Search of a Simple Introduction to Communication
Authors: Nimrod Bar-Am
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25625-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25623-8Published: 18 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79817-2Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25625-2Published: 09 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 216
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences