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Cronkhite, Gary – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1986
Asserts that the distinguishing focus of the communication discipline is symbolic activity. Suggests that wide recognition of this focus, its scope and coherence would help to resolve important discipline-related controversies. (MS)
Descriptors: Coherence, Intellectual Disciplines, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Kanjirathinkal, Matthew – Emporia State Research Studies, 1989
It may be argued that what is considered to be knowledge is intimately related to the manner in which such knowledge is communicated. Thus some social scientists and scientists argue that science itself is a form of communication, and the scientific method it closely bound to the method of interpretation. An important vein of thinking in the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Theory, Epistemology, Hermeneutics