Communication History and Its Research Subject
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2014
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The article proposes a way of defining the research subject of the history of communication. It concentrates on the use of philosophical tools in the study of the collective views of communication practices. The study distinguishes three aspects in the research subject: the means and forms of communication, the collective views of communication practices and communication practices as such. On the theoretical level, these aspects are reflected in various studies undertaken in the fields of media history, the history of the idea of communication and the history of communication practices. The analysis is conducted from a meta-theoretical point of view which places the argument within two orders: that of the research subject and that of the discipline. To give an outline of the current state of research, a distinction is introduced between an implicit and an explicit history of communication. The effect of these considerations is presented in a diagram that specifies the aspects of the research subject as well as the relationships between them.
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Communication Theory, Communication History, Media History, Philosophy of Communication, Communicology, Communication
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Kulczycki, E. (2014). Communication History and Its Research Subject, "Analele Universitatii din Craiova, Seria Filosofie", Vol. 33 (1/2014), pp. 132-155.