Making social worlds a communication perspective /

• Main Author: Pearce, W. Barnett.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., c2007.
• Subjects: Communication > Social aspects.; Interpersonal communication.; Social perception.; Meaning (Philosophy); Comunicación > Aspectos sociales.; Comunicación interpersonal.; Percepción social.; Significado (Filosofía); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.; Politieke communicatie.; Sociale filosofie.; Interpersonale Kommunikation.; Soziale Wahrnehmung.; Electronic books.
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How one acts during "critical moments" can change the world. The tools and concepts of CMM -- Coordinated Management of Meaning -- show us how to discern and to act wisely during the critical moments that shape our world and define our future. This text presents introduction to CMM, one of...

Table of Contents:

• Critical moments that shape our social worlds
• Taking a communication perspective on social worlds
• Paradigms and the "Physics" of social worlds
• Communication: coordinating action and making/managing meanings
• Doing things in communication: speech acts
• Episodes and patterns of communication
• Selves and forms of consciousness
• Relationships and relational minds
• Afterword: something of a guide for using CMM.