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Communication involves transmitting messages verbally or nonverbally. Pragmatic and dynamic approaches reveal that all behavior, even unintentional, carries communicative value, leading to theories of communicative action and discourse ethics.

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Area of Science:

  • Communication Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Sociology

Background:

  • The traditional definition of communication focuses on intentional message transmission.
  • Pragmatics highlights that all behavior, intentional or not, possesses communicative value.
  • Recent theories view communication as dynamic, emphasizing communicative action.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the evolution of the concept of communication.
  • To introduce the theory of communicative acting.
  • To connect communicative action to Jürgen Habermas's discourse ethics.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of communication theories.
  • Examination of pragmatic approaches to human interaction.
  • Review of philosophical discourse on communicative action.

Main Results:

  • Communication extends beyond intentional message exchange.
  • Unintentional behaviors are recognized as communicative acts.
  • A dynamic model of communication as action is established.

Conclusions:

  • The concept of communication has evolved from simple transmission to complex action.
  • Communicative action provides a foundation for discourse ethics.
  • Understanding communication as action is crucial for social theory.