TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charles Pavitt
PY  - 2016
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453918425
TI  - A Survey of Scientific Communication Theory
DO  - 10.3726/b10472
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1109679
N2  - This detailed survey of present-day scientific communication theory rejects the outmoded «levels» organizational scheme in favor of a system based on the underlying model and fundamental explanatory principle each theory presupposes. In doing so it shows the fundamental similarities among all communication-relevant contexts. Most theories included in the book are causal in nature, derived from one of three underlying models: message production, message reception, or interactive. A few theories take on a functional form, sometimes in dialectic or systemic versions. An introductory chapter describes what is meant by scientific explanation, how that concept is instantiated in scientific communication theory, and delineates the three causal models prevalent in these theories. A useful resource for scholars, this book is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in communication theory.
KW  - Organisational scheme, Communication theory, Present-day scientific communication
LA  - English
ER  -