Change, process, and the future of communication education

• Richard L. Conville ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Tennessee
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 43, nº 3, 1977, págs. 265-282
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The times are right for the emergence of a truly process‐oriented theory of communication development. The culture at large is infatuated with personal change, and process world‐views are becoming more popular in academic circles. Toward the end of developing a process‐oriented theory of communication development the author elaborates Dance's helical model using Levi‐Strauss's structuralism. The resulting structural‐helical model suggests the Principles of Obliqueness, Exchange, and Dying to describe the process of communication development. From these principles are abstracted implications for the speech communication classroom regarding the learning environment, instructor expectations, and instructor roles.