This essay argues that the first step away from idealistic, self‐fulfilling, and divisive communication is to learn to identify and avoid symbolic forms that rationalize or otherwise negate puzzling fits between concepts and data. The primary strategy that mitigates against good communication is systematic “negation.” Three propositions are explored that would defuse the power of this strategy and lead to a new communication consciousness.
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Volume 71, 1985 - Issue 3
![Sample our Communication Studies journals, sign in here to start your access, 2013 & 2014 volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5927/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Information-Science2.jpg"})
Reprints and Corporate Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:
Academic Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:
If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.
Related Research Data
Managing the Public Sphere: Journalistic Construction of the Great Globalization Debate
Source:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
From listening … to the dialogic realities of participatory democracy
Source:
Informa UK Limited
Linking provided by
