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Interdisciplinary
approach to
communication
Prof.ssa Ernestina Giudici
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To begin …
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you know when and in which way
academics and professionals
“discovered” the interdisciplinarity
value?
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Why an interdisciplinary approach?
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for many reasons
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Human beings are involved
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The peculiarity of the current era
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Communication itself is a complex
phenomenon
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Why an interdisciplinary approach?
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People act in uncertain situations
Environments are dynamics and
complex
This implies that broad-based
communicational needs appear
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Why an interdisciplinary approach?
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Communication is the result of an
interaction among elements that
reciprocally influence each other:
messages, environment (or
context), transmitter and receiver
and their perceptions
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Human beings are involved …
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The psychological perspective – by
means of the constructivist approach – clearly put in evidence that:
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Human brain is not a simple information
processor
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It is able to query itself, that is to
express a question regarding the available
information or about a problem to obtain
then the possible answer or solution
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Human brain …
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Decisive aspect: the ability of
human brain to “give form at
reality”
It is able to produce meanings,
that is to understand lived
experiences giving them a
direction
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This means …
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That knowledge does not emerge
as simple acquisition, mechanics
information recording
BUT RATHER
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The result of a constructive
process
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Implication …
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Communication is first of
all a cognitive activity
having knowledge as
“product”
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Livolsi M. – Manuale di sociologia, p. 82
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Communication can be interpreted
as a negotiation of possible
meanings between the sender
intention, the receiver
perceptions, and their effects
(that is, what behavior the
receiver will do, what sensations
the message may cause)
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This means that …
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Communication is to conceive a
process of building and attribution
of meanings at the reality that
human beings perform with their
relationships
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In summary …
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Communication is a complex
phenomenon that:
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Involve human beings (and the
complexity of their brain)
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Influence and is influenced from the
environment dynamics
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In summary …
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In connection with the previous
observations, for understanding
satisfactory communication is
necessary a multidisciplinary
approach
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