The real divide in communication studies is objectivist versus expressivist worldview

Evidence

It is this distinction between objectivist and expressivist views of the world, not between administrative and critical research, that constitutes the funda- mental divide among communications scholars. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348

Categorization

• XREF: This reframes the standard administrative-vs-critical debate (Lazarsfeld vs Adorno) that later chapters likely engage. — connects to: Cultural studies aims to understand meanings rather than explain or predict behavior — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 290; Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382; Understanding communication means grasping others’ purposes hermeneutically — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 383 (+2 more)
• SEED: Angle for an essay: the objectivist-expressivist divide as a truer genealogy of communication scholarship than the political one.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 348

Broader Connections

• Understanding communication means grasping others’ purposes hermeneutically #expands (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 383
• Communication constitutes reality rather than merely representing it #expands (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 382
• Positive science supplied a model of uncoerced communication supporting democracy #exemplifies (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 425
• Communication does not report reality but inverts the reported relation to it #expands (0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 187