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Communication and Humanties: a post-conventional approac

Publication . Correia, João Carlos

What do humanities bring to the study of communication? What concept of humanities can help us understand communication? Do communication studies belong to the humanities or to the social sciences field? In spite of a recent turn in communication research towards empirical data that seems to be supported by a generation of young researchers, communication sciences have almost always maintained, in their many branches, the existence of critical approaches highlighting a powerful link to the role of language and symbols and their many connections to social structures, placing particular emphasis on the phenomena of meaning and relation. Human life is essentially a life of meaning, of reflexive thought and communication. My hypothesis involves considering this concern with relation as a social phenomenon as what distinguishes it epistemically. I also believe that this distinction involves extensive attention on the nature of the human, helping maintain a productive bridge with humanities and culture. Issues such as the role of symbols in social life are related to the constitution of subjectivity and the transmission of cultural heritage in life-world, bringing questions concerning truth, rationality, the conditions necessary for autonomy of the self and the nature of human agency to an on-going theoretical debate. Following this tradition, attempts are made to establish communication as a discipline which finds its foundations in the concept of mediated interaction and as the discipline that expresses the relational nature of human agency. Following this perspective, the field of communication studies, in a somewhat similar way to cultural studies, has redefined itself by dealing with new cultural approaches, with the help of American cultural studies (particularly James Carey), critical theory, hermeneutics, symbolic interactionism, and critical realism as theoretical keys to unveiling the dialogue between humanities and social sciences that crosses through the communications field

2017-12-20Journal article

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O Estado da Arte da Comunicação Organizacional

Publication . Mourão, Rita Monteiro; Miranda, Sandra; Gonçalves, Gisela

A investigação em comunicação organizacional tem vindo a crescer nos últimos anos e a constituir-se como uma necessidade premente para a compreensão da dinâmica e do comportamento organizacional. Porém, o investimento nesta área de estudo e o entendimento da sua complexidade implica a identificação de um per- curso histórico e das linhas de investigação que lhe são inerentes. O presente trabalho, tem como principal objetivo revisitar as diferentes linhas de investigação e os respetivos paradigmas que, historicamente, têm atravessado a investigação em comunicação organizacional até aos nossos dias. Nesse sentido, serão identificados e explicitados os quatro paradigmas principais associados à comunicação organizacional, sendo estes: o paradigma positivista; o paradigma interpretativo; o paradigma crítico e o paradigma dialógico. Esta discussão – praticamente inexistente na literatura, torna-se fundamental não só para percebermos o contexto histórico da comunicação organizacional, mas também para elevarmos o estado de maturidade da disciplina providenciado uma perspetiva integrada da mesma.

2016Journal article

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The relevance of public speech in the presidency of Donald Trump – the US elections in analysis

Publication . Costa, Bruno; Khudoliy, Anatoliy

The importance of the US presidential elections results from the analysis of several factors, both at the systemic level and their impact on the international political order. In the middle term of the Donald Trump’s presidency, it is important to analyze the discourse model used and its impact on election results. In fact, many studies have focused on the characteristics of the voters that led to Trump’s victory, leading a short discussion about the importance and the role of public speech in the electoral battle of 2016. The campaign discourse and the way Donald Trump keep the communication strategy during the mandate is a key element to understand the US political system and could represent a new model to analyze the different concepts of leadership at a global level. A close insight into it can illustrate many facets and facts about discourse as an instrument in electoral campaign and how it is perceived by voters. The study investigates D. Trump’s speeches during the 2016 presidential elections in order to identify his sentiments, discourse themes and strategies. We used the technique of content analysis and eventanalysis, along with the descriptive approach, with the aim of outlining the impact of Donald Trump’s public speeches during this period. The study revealed that Trump’s speeches were topic oriented. The study allowed us to deepen the knowledge about the role of political public speeches and the new strategy adopted by Donald Trump to keep a significant average of supporters.

2019-12Journal article

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Communication and Humanties: a post-conventional approach

Publication . Correia, João Carlos

What do humanities bring to the study of communication? What concept of humanities can help us understand communication? Do communication studies belong to the humanities or to the social sciences field? In spite of a recent turn in communication research towards empirical data that seems to be supported by a generation of young researchers, communication sciences have almost always maintained, in their many branches, the existence of critical approaches highlighting a powerful link to the role of language and symbols and their many connections to social structures, placing particular emphasis on the phenomena of meaning and relation. Human life is essentially a life of meaning, of reflexive thought and communication. My hypothesis involves considering this concern with relation as a social phenomenon as what distinguishes it epistemically. I also believe that this distinction involves extensive atten- tion on the nature of the human, helping maintain a productive bridge with humanities and culture. Issues such as the role of symbols in social life are related to the constitution of subjectivity and the transmission of cultural heritage in life-world, bringing questions concerning truth, rationality, the conditions necessary for autonomy of the self and the nature of human agency to an on-going theoretical debate. Following this tradition, attempts are made to establish communication as a discipline which finds its foundations in the concept of mediated interaction and as the discipline that expresses the relational nature of human agency. Following this perspective, the field of communication studies, in a somewhat similar way to cultural studies, has redefined itself by dealing with new cultural approaches, with the help of American cultural studies (particularly James Carey), critical theory, hermeneutics, symbolic interactionism, and critical realism as theoretical keys to unveiling the dialogue between humanities and social sciences that crosses through the communications field.

2017Journal article

Open access