Index
Jon-Arild Johannessen
(Kristiania University College, Norway)
Communication as Social Theory
ISBN: 978-1-80043-985-6, eISBN: 978-1-80043-984-9
Publication date: 8 February 2021
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Johannessen, J.-A. (2021), "Index", Communication as Social Theory, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 121-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-984-920211001
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INDEX
Absence of information
, 14–15, 46–48
Abstraction
, 16
Adaptation
, 87–88
Aspect-oriented communication
, 52–54
Aspect-seeing
, 53–54
Asplund’s theory of motivation
, 5–6
Boundaries
, 18–20
Bureaucratic systems
, 5
Category errors
, 34
Changes
, 15–16
development
, 16–17
distinctions
, 23–25
identity
, 23–25
perspectives
, 17–18
Cognitively open systems
, 49–50
Collective blindness
, 83
Communication
, 88–90
Asplund’s theory of motivation
, 5–6
circular process
, 103–104
differences
, 47–48
feedback processes
, 108–109
human relationships
, 2
information
, 1
interactionist theory
, 2
knowledge
, 1
micro-behaviours
, 5–6
minimal rules
, 6
model description
, 3–4
obstacles
, 107
punctuation
, 6–7
self-understanding
, 105–110
significant symbols
, 3–4
social theory. See Social theory
, 2–3
strategies
, 90–93
system
, 43–46
systemic thinking. See Systemic thinking
Communicative co-creation
, 48–50
Complex social systems
, 68
Connection processes
, 50–52
Context
, 20
markers
, 34–36
Contextual competence
, 29–30
Contextual understanding
complex social systems
, 68
critical thresholds
, 69–70
emergence
, 73–75
external world
, 71–73
message
, 67–68
organizational complexity
, 68
part-whole relationship
, 67–68
patterns
, 69–71, 74–75
social cohesion
, 73
social laws
, 74–75
social mechanism
, 75–79
systemic thinking
, 72–73
Critical thresholds
, 69–70
Cyclical variation
, 6
Deep relationships
, 36
Depth of experience
, 11
Distinctions
, 23–25, 85–86
Emergence
, 73–75
External world
, 23, 71–73
Feedback
, 29–30, 108–109
Flexibility
adaptation
, 87–88
collective blindness
, 83
communication
, 88–90
description
, 86–88
distinction process
, 85–86
perceived rejection
, 89–91
pragmatic communication strategies
, 93
principles
, 85
reference system
, 88–90
relationships
, 82, 89–90
rigidity
, 83–86
self-reference
, 81–83
social change mechanism
, 82
strategies
, 90–93
Fragmented information
, 52–54
Framing
, 14–15
Fundamental experiences
, 38–41
absence of information
, 14–15
abstraction
, 16
boundaries
, 18–20
case letter
, 10
changes
, 15–17
communication
, 10
consequences
, 10
context
, 20
depth of experience
, 11
development
, 16–17
framing
, 14–15
identity
, 11–12
meta-context
, 20
relationships
, 11–12
social relationships
, 13
social systems
, 11, 13
systemic thinking
, 98
system – internal-world relationships
, 13–14
trust
, 20–22
Genesis
, 39
Human relationships
, 2
Ideas
chance
, 58–59
circle
, 58
expectations
, 60
hidden knowledge
, 58–59
information
, 59–60
innovation
, 58–59
knowledge
, 57–58
meta-communication
, 62–63
tacit ideas
, 61–63
values
, 60
Identity
, 11–12
case letter
, 24–25
changes
, 23–25
constant
, 25–26
contextual competence
, 29–30
differences
, 23–25, 29
differentiation
, 29–30
distinctions
, 23–25
external world
, 23
feedback
, 29–30
irreversible
, 26–28
recursivity
, 29
reversible
, 26–28
system-internal differentiation
, 28–29
threshold value
, 29–30
time-lag
, 29–30
tools
, 27–28
Information
, 1, 59–60
Innovation
, 58–59
Interactionist theory
, 2
Irreversible
, 26–28
Knowledge
, 1, 57–58
communication
, 1
creation
, 2
hidden knowledge
, 58–59
ideas
, 57–58
Message
, 67–68
Meta-communication
, 62–63
Meta-context
, 20
Micro-behaviours
, 5–6
Minimal rules
, 6
Model description
, 3–4
Model power
, 4–5
Morality
, 37–41
fundamental experiences
, 38–41
segmentation
, 40
Nervous tension
, 109–110
Normatively closed systems
, 51–52
Organizational complexity
, 68
Paradoxes
, 34
Part-whole relationship
, 67–68
Patterns
, 69–71, 74–75
Perceived rejection
, 89–91
Pragmatic communication strategies
, 93
Punctuation
, 6–7
Recursivity
, 29
Redundancy
, 4
Reference system
, 88–90
Relational norms
, 36–37
Relationships
absence of information
, 46–48
aspect-oriented communication
, 52–54
aspect-seeing
, 53–54
case letter
, 36
category errors
, 34
changes
, 47
cognitively open systems
, 49–50
communication differences
, 47–48
communication system
, 43–46
communicative co-creation
, 48–50
connection processes
, 50–52
context markers
, 34–36
deep relationships
, 36
dynamics
, 39
flexibility
, 89–90
fragmented information
, 52–54
fundamental experiences
, 38–41
genesis
, 39
goals
, 40–41
information
, 34
morality
, 37–41
normatively closed systems
, 51–52
paradoxes
, 34
relational norms
, 36–37
right actions
, 41–43
significant symbols
, 33–34
social relationships
, 44–46
stability
, 47
systemic connections
, 43–44
threshold value
, 38
types of
, 37
wrong actions
, 41–43
Reversible
, 26–28
Rigidity
, 83–86
Self-organization
, 6
Self-reference
, 81–83
Self-understanding
, 105–110
Significant symbols
, 3–4, 33–34
Social changes
, 102
mechanism
, 82
Social cohesion
, 73
Social laws
, 74–75
Social mechanism
, 75–79
Social relationships
, 13, 44–46
Social systems
, 11, 13
Social theory
, 2–3
create element
, 111
detect element
, 111
fundamental experience
, 116
interpretation
, 111–114
language
, 115–116
messages
, 113
micro-social theory
, 112
select element
, 111
simple gesture
, 114
Spontaneous ability
, 4
Stability
, 47
Symbol
, 3–4
Symbolic interactionism
, 97
System–external world distinction
case letter
, 24–25
changes
, 23–25
constant
, 25–26
contextual competence
, 29–30
differences
, 23–25, 29
differentiation
, 29–30
distinctions
, 23–25
external world
, 23
feedback
, 29–30
irreversible
, 26–28
recursivity
, 29
reversible
, 26–28
system-internal differentiation
, 28–29
threshold value
, 29–30
time-lag
, 29–30
tools
, 27–28
Systemic connections
, 43–44
Systemic thinking
, 72–73
assumptions
, 101
circular process
, 103–104
communication
, 98–103
feedback processes
, 108–109
fundamental experience
, 98
nervous tension
, 109–110
selection processes
, 105
self-understanding
, 105–110
social changes
, 102
symbolic interactionism
, 97
theoretical research
, 99
System-internal differentiation
, 28–29
Tacit ideas
, 61–63
Threshold value
, 29–30, 38
Time-lag
, 29–30
Trust
, 20–22
Values
, 60
Wrong actions
, 41–43
- Prelims
- 1 Rudiments of a Social Theory at Micro-Level Based on Communication
- 2 Our Fundamental Experiences
- 3 Identity: System – External World Distinction
- 4 Relationships
- 5 Ideas
- 6 Understanding of Context
- 7 Flexibility
- 8 Communication in Systemic Thinking
- 9 Main Conclusions: Communication as Social Theory
- References
- Index