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Table of Contents On Communicating : Otherness, Meaning, and Information by Krippendorff, Klaus; Bermejo, Fernando (Editor) Terms of Use Acknowledgments p. vii Introduction Fernando Bermejo p. 1 Part 1 Communicating Introduction p. 9 1 An Alternative Paradigm p. 11 2 Epistemological Grounding p. 37 3 Major Communication Metaphors p. 48 4 A Recursive Framework for Communication Theories p. 72 5 Conversation or Intellectual Imperialism p. 86 Part 2 Otherness Introduction p. 99 6 The Otherness that Theory Creates p. 101 7 A Cybernetics of I-Other Relations p. 112 8 Pathology, Power, and Emancipation p. 131 9 Writing Ecologically p. 156 Part 3 Meaning Introduction p. 171 10 A Constructivist Critique of Semiotics p. 173 11 The Dialogical Meaning of Cultural Artifacts p. 191 12 The Methodo-logic of Content Analysis p. 205 13 Discourse as Systematically Constrained Conversation p. 217 Part 4 Information Introduction p. 235 14 An Introduction to Information Theory p. 237 15 Research In-Formation p. 265 16 Paradox and Information p. 278 17 Cyberspace and Its Artifacts p. 299 18 Social Memory p. 322 References p. 343 Permissions p. 358 Index p. 360 Descriptive content provided by SyndeticsTM, a Bowker service. Summary On Communicating : Otherness, Meaning, and Information by Krippendorff, Klaus; Bermejo, Fernando (Editor) Terms of use This compilation of previously-published articles brings together the work of communication expert Klaus Krippendorf. Bermejo prefaces the collection with an introduction on the contributions of Krippendorf to the field, especially his adaptation of the new cybernetics to the study of language. Bermejo also prefaces each of the four sections of the book, on communicating, otherness, meaning and information. Krippendorf is known for his acceptance of the observer as non- objective and his treatment of language as a means to a meaning with communication as the hoped-for end result. Communications students will be pleased to have all this material gathered together for their perusal. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Descriptive content provided by SyndeticsTM, a Bowker service.