Communicative Interaction, Power, and the State / / Frank Stark.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Stark, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; PART 1. COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION --; 1. Mead's Theory of Communicative Interaction --; 2. Communicative Interaction, Rhetoric, and Power --; PART 2. COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION AND THE STATE --; 3. Communicative Interaction and the State --; 4. Rhetoric and Public Policy --; 5. International Communication --; PART 3. COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES --; 6. What Dramatism Is, and What It Isn't --; 7. Applying Dramatism --; 8. From Framework to Field-Work: Concluding Remarks --; APPENDIX. Explanation, Understanding, and Social Communication --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487573911; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487573911
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frank Stark.

The work of early social scientists George Herbert Mead and Kenneth Burke has been buried beneath layers of theoretical discourse in the field of communication. In this book Frank Stark takes a fresh look at Mead’s theory of communicative interaction and Burke’s concepts of rhetoric and dramatism, and explores how these ideas can be applied to political analysis. The study begins with a review of the basic tenets of Mead’s and Burke’s theories, then goes on to apply those theories to an analysis of communicative interaction in relation to the state. In particular, Stark looks at the constitution of the state and other institutions; persuasion, propaganda, and public policy; and the implications of international communications for states. In all three areas, Stark draws on research pertaining to Canada and the African state of Cameroon. The last section introduces dramatism as a metaphor suitable for shaping empirical research. By returning to original sources, this book enriches contemporary discourse in communication. Stark has put together an intriguing study of the relationship between social communication and the state.