[Commlist] CFP The Constructionist View of Communication: Promises and Challenges

The Constructionist View of Communication: Promises and Challenges

ECREA Philosophy of Communication Section Workshop,

Tel Aviv 18-20 September, 2019

Call for Papers

What is communication? There is no single answer to this fundamental 
question. According to the (still prevailing) transmission view, 
communication consists in the transfer of messages from sender to 
receiver. According to the constructionist perspective, on the other 
hand, in the processes of communication meanings are constituted, not 
merely transferred. This perspective has many variants (the ritual / 
constitutive model, use-oriented philosophical outlooks on linguistic 
meaning, social construction of communication approach, or systems 
theory – to name only a few), and is pursued (either explicitly or 
implicitly) by a variety of communication scholars, as well as thinkers 
in related fields. At the same time, communication constructionism still 
has its staunch opponents.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together scholars of 
communication studies, philosophy and neighboring fields to explore the 
current faces of constructionism in communication research.

Thus we invite papers concerned with the following questions and topics, 
among others:

-Theoretical developments of the constructionist position.

-Formal models of constructionism.

-Critical analyses of constructionism (or its specific variants).

-Discussions of philosophical/theoretical perspectives on communication 
that embody the constructionist outlook.

-Applications of the constructionist view in particular case-studies.

Please send extended abstracts (up to 400 words) to Eli Dresner, Tel 
Aviv University, (dresner /at/ post.tau.ac.il) <mailto:(dresner /at/ post.tau.ac.il)>, 
by March 17, 2019. Notification of acceptance by April 15, 2019.

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