COLLECTIVE VIEWS OF COMMUNICATION AS THE SUBJECT OF COMMUNICATION HISTORY
COLLECTIVE VIEWS OF COMMUNICATION AS THE SUBJECT OF COMMUNICATION HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the issue of collective views on communication described as one of the research subjects of communication history. Three areas of communication history can be distinguished: media history, history of communication practices, and the history of collective views on communication. The presentation is carried out with regard to the traditional concepts of collective views (Durkheim, LévyBruhl, Mauss), as well as to the history of ideas and the history of mentalities. Collective views are considered as products of human collectives, categorizing and shaping the collective experience in relation to the socio-cultural reality. The article also raises methodological problems of the accessibility of source materials and of the role of researcher in the interpretation of past collective views.

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