Communication does not report reality but inverts the reported relation to it
Evidence
By the first clause I mean to invert this relationship, not to make any large metaphysical claims but rather, by reordering the relation of communication to reality, to render communication a far more problematic activity than it ordinarily seems. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 187
Categorization
- XREF: Inverts the common-sense and scientific realist picture of language standing to reality as secondary to primary. — connects to: Communication is a symbolic process producing and maintaining reality. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 180; The real divide in communication studies is objectivist versus expressivist worldview — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348; News cannot picture reality but only signal that something is happening — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 358 (+14 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 187
Broader Connections
- Luhmann’s systems are not naturalistic people-networks but self-referential communicative processes
#corroborates(0.85) - Trust is regulated through symbol-feedback loops, not direct reality contact
#corroborates(0.80) - Chronic interest in communication signals a derangement of its models
#expands(0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 222 - Understanding communication means grasping others’ purposes hermeneutically
#contradicts(0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 383