Communications Ethics: In the Eye(s) of the Theory of the Beholder

Common sense is seen primarily in the judgments about right and wrong, proper and improper, that it makes. Whoever has a sound judgment is not thereby enabled to judge particulars under universal viewpoints, but he knows what is important, i.e. he sees things from right and sound points of view. (Gadamer, 1986, p. 31) Arnett, … Continue reading Communications Ethics: In the Eye(s) of the Theory of the Beholder

I Love to Tell the Story…

In my first graduate school text book, A First Look a Communication Theory, seventh edition, By Em Griffin, the author makes the following quote at the beginning of the first  chapter: This is a book about theories -- communication theories. After that statement you may already be stifling a yawn. Many college students, after all, … Continue reading I Love to Tell the Story…