TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Ecology of Meanings: A Critical Constructivist Communication Model
JO  - Communication theory
A1  - Campos, Milton N.
SP  - 386
EP  - 410
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - Ecology of meanings is proposed as a theoretical model to explain communication processes. It is a critical constructivist approach that integrates the model of exchange values by Jean Piaget and the communication model of schematization by Jean-Blaise Grize, and explores a research path envisaged by Jürgen Habermas in the theory of communicative action. The model leads to an understanding of communication science as a transversal discipline that crosses all others; that is, both psychological and social, and that accounts for universal and necessary as well as particular and contingent knowledge. In this article, the model and potential contributions are explained.<p /> 
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SN  - 1050-3293
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2007.00304.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -