ABSTRACT

Klaus Krippendorff is an influential figure in communication studies widely known for his award-winning book Content Analysis. Over the years, Krippendorff has made important contributions to the ongoing debates on fundamental issues concerning communication theory, epistemology, methods of research, critical scholarship, second-order cybernetics, the social construction of reality through language, design, and meaning. On Communicating assembles Krippendorff’s most significant writings – many of which are virtually unavailable today, appearing in less accessible publications, conference proceedings, out-of-print book chapters, and articles in journals outside the communication field. In their totality, they provide a goldmine for communication students and scholars. Edited and with an introduction by Fernando Bermejo, this book provides readers with access to Krippendorff’s key works.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part 1 Communicating: Introduction

chapter 1|26 pages

An Alternative Paradigm

chapter 2|11 pages

Epistemological Grounding

chapter 3|24 pages

Major Communication Metaphors

chapter 5|13 pages

Conversation or Intellectual Imperialism

part |2 pages

Part 2 Otherness: Introduction

chapter 6|11 pages

The Otherness that Theory Creates

chapter 7|19 pages

A Cybernetics of I–Other Relations

chapter 8|25 pages

Pathology, Power, and Emancipation

chapter 9|15 pages

Writing Ecologically

part |2 pages

Part 3 Meaning: Introduction

chapter 10|18 pages

A Constructivist Critique of Semiotics

chapter 11|14 pages

The Dialogical Meaning of Cultural Artifacts

chapter 12|12 pages

The Methodo-logic of Content Analysis

part |2 pages

Part 4 Information: Introduction

chapter 14|28 pages

An Introduction to Information Theory

chapter 15|13 pages

Research In-Formation

chapter 16|21 pages

Paradox and Information

chapter 17|23 pages

Cyberspace and Its Artifacts

chapter 18|21 pages

Social Memory