“What we need is communication”: “Communication” as a cultural category in some American speech

Katriel, Tamar; Philipsen, Gerry

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“…It was clear in the present study that these young-adult participants shared the view that the complete triad structure was ideal, perhaps manifesting a broader cultural ideology that favors communication openness as an elixir for all interpersonal ills (Katriel & Philipsen, 1981;Parks, 1982). Rather than concluding that the other triadic communication structures are necessarily unsuccessful ones, since they do not realize the idealized complete triad structure, we urge stepfamily members and researchers alike to explore the possibility that multiple communication structures can be functional in established stepfamilies.…”

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confidence: 88%

Types of Communication Triads Perceived by Young-Adult Stepchildren in Established Stepfamilies

Baxter¹,

Braithwaite

Bryant

2006

Communication Studies

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Types of Communication Triads Perceived by Young-Adult Stepchildren in Established Stepfamilies

Baxter¹,

Braithwaite

Bryant

2006

Communication Studies

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“…The institutionalization of relationships requires active attention and participation by both parties if the relationship is to endure in the long run. Several communication ethnographers, in their work on individual relationships, have noted the saliency of a "work" metaphor (Katriel and Philipsen 1981;Owen 1984); respondents often make references about "working on" their relationship or "making the relationship work. "…”

Section: Relationship Maintenancementioning

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Relationship Marketing and Distribution Channels

Weitz

Jap

1995

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

569

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The interest of practitioners and academics in channel relationship management has shifted from corporate channel structures and relationships in conventional channels governed by use of power to relationships between independent firms involving contractual and normative control mechanisms. In this article, we identify several factors leading to this change of interest, propose a scheme for classifying channel relationship research based on control mechanisms, and suggest areas for future research involving the use of contractual and normative control mechanisms in conventional channel relationships.Channel management research and practice has long recognized the importance of managing relationships between the people and firms performing distribution functions-functions that create value by making products and services available to customers in an appropriate form at the right place and time. However, the growing interest in relationship marketing suggests a shift in the nature of general marketplace transactions from discrete to relational exchanges----~om exchanges between parties with no past history and no future to exchanges between parties who have an exchange history and plans for future interactions.As Macneil (1980, p. 60) indicates, pure discrete transactions are rare in business exchanges. Almost all channel transactions have some relational elements that can be used to coordinate channel activities and manage relationships between channel members (see Reve and Stern 1979; Hunt, Ray, and Wood 1985 for reviews). 1 Thus relationship marketing is not a new concept in the practice and study of channel management. However, the interests of both practitioners and academics have shifted from approaches used by one firm, typically the manufacturer, to coordinate channel activities to approaches for stimulating cooperative efforts between independent channel members.The objective of this article is to outline the nature of the shift in channel research attention and review some of the key issues related to this new direction. This article focuses on research associated with relationships between suppliers and intermediaries such as wholesalers and retailers. Direct relationships between suppliers and end users, either consumers or business firms, are discussed in other articles in this issue.In the next section, a framework for categorizing relationship-oriented channel management research is presented and used to highlight the shift in focus that has occurred. After offering some thoughts on why this shift has occurred, directions for future research in channel relationships are reviewed. The purpose of this article is to identify key unresolved issues in channel relationship management, not to provide a detailed literature review or a comprehensive theory on the development and maintenance of channel relationships. Table 1 offers an approach for classifying channel relationship management research based on the method or mechanism used to control and coordinate the channel activities performed by people and...

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“…Si nous sommes dans une culture dans laquelle nous avons tendance à croire que tous les problèmes sont fondamentalement des problèmes de communication (McKeon, 1957), dans laquelle nous avons souvent l'impression qu'il nous faut nous « assoir et parler » afin de « régler nos problèmes » dans nos relations (Katriel et Philipsen, 1981) et dans laquelle nous déclarons rituellement que la communication est l'unique lien qui peut unir une société diversifiée à travers le fossé qui nous sépare spatialement et culturellement (Carey, 1989), ainsi la communication est déjà un thème largement discuté dans la société et tout le monde sait déjà que la communication est importante et qu'elle vaut la peine d'être étudiée afin de l'améliorer. De ce fait, la théorie de la communication peut être construite de manière inductive à travers l'étude critique de la pratique quotidienne, en partie par la transcription et la reconstruction théorique des « idéaux situés » nommés par les personnes mêmes dans leur métadiscours quotidien.…”

Section: Second Principe : La Théorie De La Communication Comme Métadunclassified

La communication en tant que champ d’études

Craig¹

2009

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Résumé :Cet essai pose la théorie de la communication en tant que champ dialogique -dialectique en s'appuyant sur deux principes : le modèle constitutif de la communication en tant que métamodèle et la théorie en tant que pratique métadiscursive. L'argument au coeur de l'essai est que toutes les théories de la communication sont pertinentes au regard d'un monde vivant concret dans lequel « communication » est un mot riche de sens. Chaque tradition de la théorie de la communication fait rhétoriquement appel à certaines croyances courantes sur la communication et découle de ces croyances ; en même temps, chaque tradition remet en question d'autres croyances. Les complémentarités et les tensions entre les traditions génèrent un métadiscours théorique qui croise et, en fin de compte, nourrit le métadiscours pratique de la vie quotidienne ayant cours dans la société. Dans cet essai, les traditions de théorie de la communication rhétorique, sémiotique, phénoménologique, cybernétique, psychosociologique, socioculturelle et critique sont organisées en un schéma provisoire du champ. Ces traditions sont caractérisées par leur manière particulière de définir la communication et les problèmes de communication, leur lexique métadiscursif et les lieux communs métadiscursifs auxquels elles font appel ou qu'elles remettent en question. Des topois pour l'argumentation à travers les traditions sont proposés et des conséquences pour le travail théorique de même que pour les pratiques disciplinaires dans le champ de la communication sont discutées. Mots-clés : Théorie de la communication ; Tradition ; Épistémologie ; Cybernétique ; Phénoménologie ; Psychosociologie ; Rhétorique ; Sémiotique ; Théorie critique ; Théorie socioculturelle . Plutôt que d'être concernés par un champ théorique, il apparaît que nous opérions principalement en des domaines séparés. Les livres et les articles sur la communication mentionnent rarement d'autres travaux sur la théorie de la communication que ceux relevant d'écoles de pensée ou de spécialités (inter)disciplinaires étroites 4 . Sauf au sein de ces petits groupes, les théoriciens et théoriciennes de la communication ne semblent être ni en accord ni en désaccord à propos de fort peu de choses. Il n'existe pas de canons d'une théorie générale auxquels ils se réfèrent. Il n'est pas de buts communs qui les unissent, pas de querelles théoriques qui les divisent. Pour l'essentiel, ils et elles s'ignorent 5 . This essay reconstructs communication theory as a dialogical-dialectical field according to two principles: the constitutive model of communication as a metamodel and theory as metadiscursive practice. The essay argues that all communication theories are mutually relevant when addressed to a practical lifeworld in which "communication" is already a richly meaningful term. Each tradition of communication theory derives from and appeals rhetorically to certain commonplace beliefs about communication2. Pour un échantillon, très incomplet, de livres récents proposant explicitement des travaux originaux ...

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“What we need is communication”: “Communication” as a cultural category in some American speech

Cited by 188 publications

References 5 publications

Types of Communication Triads Perceived by Young-Adult Stepchildren in Established Stepfamilies

Types of Communication Triads Perceived by Young-Adult Stepchildren in Established Stepfamilies

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