274 Pages
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Routledge
274 Pages
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Routledge
280 Pages
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Routledge
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This monograph examines the past, present, and potential relationship between American pragmatism and communication research. The contributors provide a bridge between communication studies and philosophy, subjects often developed somewhat in isolation from each other. Addressing topics, such as qualitative and quantitative research, ethics, media research, and feminist studies, the chapters in... Read more
Contents: Preface. P. Simonson, Varieties of Pragmatism and Communication: Visions and Revisions From Peirce to Peters. V.E. Cronen, J. Chetro-Szivos, Pragmatism as a Way of Inquiring With Special Reference to a Theory of Communication and the General Form of Pragmatic Social Theory. W. Woodward, Transactional Philosophy and Communication Studies. W.J. Leonhirth, William James and the Uncertain Universe. J. Jensen, Art, the Public, and Deweyan Cultural Criticism. R.T. Craig, Dewey and Gadamer on Practical Reflection: Toward a Methodology for the Practical Disciplines. J.S. Horne, Truth or Consequences: Pragmatism, Relativism, and Ethics. T. Meyer, Pragmatism and Mediated Communication. D.K. Perry, Shattering the Mirror: Linking Media-Effects Research and American Pragmatism. S. Shuler, M. Tate, Intersections of Feminism and Pragmatism: Possibilities for Communication Theory and Research. T.L. Jacobson, Habermas, Dewey, and Pragmatism. G.J. Shepherd, Pragmatism and Tragedy, Communication and Hope: A Summary Story.
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David K. Perry
"...the collection distinguishes itself in taking a more reflexive and pluralistic approach to the issue....the collection provides a number of interesting essays, an excellent bibliographic resource, and the platform for a more extended and engaged consideration of pragmatism in communication....American Pragmatism and Communication Research provides a good complement to an improving conversation on pragmatism's possibilities for communication."
—Journal of Communication
