| Title |
Not by communication alone. Epistemology and methodology as typological criteria of communication theories / |
| Translation of Title |
Ne vien komunikacija. Epistemologija ir metodologija kaip komunikacijos teorijų tipologijos kriterijai. |
| Authors |
Kirtiklis, Kęstutis |
| DOI |
10.15388/Im.2011.0.3123 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Informacijos mokslai / Vilniaus universitetas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 58, p. 42-55.. ISSN 1392-0561 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Communication theory ; Philosophy of communication sciences ; Naturalism ; Interpretivism ; Methodology of social sciences |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with the attempts to typologize communication theories proposed in recent decades. Examining their flaws it argues that communication theorizing is inseparable from the practice of research, therefore (1) the appropriate criteria for typology of communication theories are to be found in combining theoretical conceptions of communication with methodologies of research and their grounding epistemologies; (2) it is epistemology that provides the basis for bringing together the conceptions of communication and the methodologies of research. It also argues that using epistemological and methodological criteria, two – naturalist and interpretive – traditions of communication theory and research may be distinguished. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2011 |
