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A conceptual model for communications research

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  1. Bruce H. Westley
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  2. Malcolm S. MacLean
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During the past two years this journal has published several articles on the theory of communication. In this paper a further contribution is made in an effort to devise a single conceptual model that might unite existing approaches to communication research and perhaps lead to a generalized theory of communication.

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Westley, B.H., MacLean, M.S. A conceptual model for communications research. ETR&D 3, 3–12 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02713344

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