Constructing “Texts” and Making Inferences: Some Reflections on Textual Reality in Human Communication Research

doi:10.4324/9780203856192-32

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Constructing “Texts” and Making Inferences: Some Reflections on Textual Reality in Human Communication Research

ABSTRACT

Texts are places where power and weakness become visible and discussable, where learning and ignorance manifest themselves, where the structures that enable and constrain our thoughts and actions become palpable.