ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a metamodel of communication based on the transmission model; to be precise, on the very way of thinking that makes a transmission model possible. It focuses on metamodels or, rather, aims to compare models of communication from the second-order model perspective. The chapter examines the methodological aspects of the two models, which point to their differences not only in analyses of particular cases of communication but even more in terms of the most important features for usage as metamodels. The chapter argues that the agonistics of the transmission approach are more productive than the inclusive and hospitable constitutive approach–they not only add to the debate but also prevent the field from drifting into an impassive ‘anything goes’. Philosophy of communication provides the means for perceiving and understanding it. These means are best summarised and expressed in models of communication.
