concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: constitutive view of communication

constitutive view of communication
type: Concept
broader: social-interactional orientations
broader: semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
broader: paradigms, traditions, and schools
definition: To take a constitutive view of communication means to presume that communication, or interaction, is a process of meaning creation or social construction. The fundamental idea of constitution has had enormous influence on the field of communication, especially in the areas of interpersonal communication and organizational communication. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Constitutive View of Communication]

paradigms, traditions, and schools
type: Concept
narrower: constitutive view of communication

semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
type: Concept
narrower: constitutive view of communication

social-interactional orientations
type: Concept
narrower: constitutive view of communication