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To Craig’s (2007) credit, he openly admits that the constitutive metamodel is “a largely pragmatist project rather closely aligned with a first-order pragmatist theory of communication, although it also includes and welcomes dialogue with other incommensurable approaches” (Craig 2007: 141).
- Mats Bergman
- 2012
Oct 21, 2015 · Russill not only showed that this tradition exists in the field and offers a distinct conception of communication, he also made the interesting observation that the constitutive metamodel itself is a pragmatist theory of communication: a theory in the field as well as of the field.
- Robert T. Craig
- 2015
- Abstract
- The Constitutive Metamodel
- Russill’S Case For A Pragmatist Tradition
- Implications
- Pragmatism in The Field
- Pragmatism in The Dialogical–Dialectical Matrix
- Pragmatism in The Constitutive Metamodel
- Conclusions
In an earlier article (Craig, 1999), I proposed a constitutive metamodelof communication theory as a field composed of several interacting traditions of thought that offer alternative ways of conceptualizing communication for practical purposes. Despite the epistemological diversity and currently fragmented state of communication theory, I argued, ...
The constitutive metamodel situates communication theory within the societal communication process that constitutes and regulates communication as a social practice. The point is to see communication itself as a socially constructed practice and communication theory as a practical way of participating in a societal discourse about the norms of that...
Russill’s (2004, 2005) theoretical project is not primarily about the constitutive metamodel. Rather, it primarily aims to resuscitate and reconstruct Dewey’s (1927) theory of the public as a pragmatist theory of democratic communication, updated with reference to the work of James Carey and, interestingly, Michel Foucault, among others. In pursuit...
The following sections assess Russill’s proposal and reflect on its implications for pragmatism as a tradition in the field, the placement of pragmatism in a dialogical–dialectical matrix of theoretical traditions, and the constitutive metamodel as a largely (though not exclusively, I argue) pragmatist communication-theoretic undertaking.
Russill is not, of course, the first communication theorist to write on pragmatism but only the first to define pragmatism explicitly as a tradition of communication theory in terms of the constitutive metamodel. Having encountered his interpretation of the tradition, one revisits the existing literature on pragmatism in communication studies with ...
Russill (2004) makes a strong case for a distinct pragmatist tradition in communication theory. However, in reconstructing the tradition, he explicitly fills only a few of the relevant cells that would need to be added to the matrix model of theoretical traditions (Craig, 1999, pp. 133–134, tables 1 and 2) and in that sense follows “Craig’s rules” ...
Is the constitutive metamodel essentially pragmatist, as Russill suggests? Yes, in many respects, but not purely (were there such a thing as “pure” pragmatism). Yes, the metamodel has a generally pragmatist outlook and incorporates particular elements of pragmatism, including, for example, the interpretation of theories in terms of their practical ...
Russill’s argument has its most important implications beyond the academic field of communication theory. Having reviewed Russill’s case for a pragmatist tradition and considered its theoretical implications, I argue in conclusion that the problems of pluralistic community in the field of communication theory are not unconnected to the correspondin...
- Robert T. Craig
- 2007
Oct 21, 2015 · The metamodel has been widely cited as a shorthand reference to the field, and has been used as a device for teaching theory, reflecting on communication problems from multiple perspectives, and assessing particular theories or subdisciplinary areas in relation to the field as a whole.
- Robert T. Craig
- 2015
Jan 1, 2014 · This essay proposes a Pragmatic Metamodel of Communication (PMC) for expanding the practical role of metatheory (a theory of theories), conceived here as a useful tool for directly analyzing interpersonal interactions.
- Leonarda Garcia-Jimenez
- 2014
Nov 1, 2015 · The Constitutive Metamodel envisions a pluralistic field of communication theory that invites dialogue among multiple traditions of thought on practical communication problems.
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Apr 19, 2007 · After reviewing the constitutive metamodel, I examine Russill’s argument and assess its implications for a reconstructed field of communication theory including pragmatism as a distinct tradition.
