Social Constructionist Theory
(2024)- Abstract
- The basis of social constructionist theory is a dismiss of the still dominating belief in an objective reality and the idea that researchers in social science should and can conduct investigation following the norms of natural science ending up with “objective facts”. Instead, social constructionist theory propagates for a socially constructed reality where meanings are developed and produced in collaboration with others rather than separately within each individual. In corporate communication research communication is all too often taken for granted and perceived as a variable that changes objective phenomenon in reality or is reduced to transmission of information. The social constructionist theory suggests that communication produce and... (More)
- The basis of social constructionist theory is a dismiss of the still dominating belief in an objective reality and the idea that researchers in social science should and can conduct investigation following the norms of natural science ending up with “objective facts”. Instead, social constructionist theory propagates for a socially constructed reality where meanings are developed and produced in collaboration with others rather than separately within each individual. In corporate communication research communication is all too often taken for granted and perceived as a variable that changes objective phenomenon in reality or is reduced to transmission of information. The social constructionist theory suggests that communication produce and reproduce organizations, and that organization and communication are mutually interdependent. (Less)
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- author
- Heide, Mats LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- The Encyclopaedia of Corporate Communication
- editor
- Podnar, Klement
- publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85195903881
- ISBN
- 978 1 80220 086 7
- DOI
- 10.4337/9781802200874.ch05
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 7a4dc958-c3ff-45d8-b702-f681f63b1f6d
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- 2021-11-24 22:17:09
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