Alternative Approaches for the Communication Theorist: Problems in the Laws-Rules-Systems Trichotomy.

Cronen, Vernon E.; Davis, Leslie K.

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ERIC Number: EJ184724

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Alternative Approaches for the Communication Theorist: Problems in the Laws-Rules-Systems Trichotomy

Cronen, Vernon E.; Davis, Leslie K.

Human Communication Research, 4, 2, 120-8, W 78

Argues against the laws-system-rules trichotomy which Cushman and Pearce use to organize theoretical options in the communication field, and offers in place of the laws-rule-systems trichotomy a multilevel analytic framework for organizing theoretical alternatives in communication. (Authors)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Conceptual Schemes, Higher Education, Models, Research, Theoretical Criticism

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