{"product_id":"a-sociological-theory-of-communication-loet-leydesdorff-9781581126952","title":"A Sociological Theory of Communication: The Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eNetworks of communication evolve in terms of reflexive exchanges. The codification of these reflections in language, that is, at the social level, can be considered as the operating system of society. Under sociologically specifiable conditions, the discursive reconstructions can be expected to make the systems under reflection increasingly knowledge-intensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sociological theory of communication is founded in a tradition that includes Giddens' (1979) structuration theory, Habermas' (1981) theory of communicative action, and Luhmann's (1984) proposal to consider social systems as self-organizing. The study also elaborates on Shannon's (1948) mathematical theory of communication for the formalization and operationalization of the non-linear dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe development of scientific communications can be studied using citation analysis. The exchange media at the interfaces of knowledge production provide us with the evolutionary model of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. The construction of the European Information Society can then be analyzed in terms of interacting networks of communication. The issues of sustainable development and the expectation of social change are discussed in relation to the possibility of a general theory of communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loet Leydesdorff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1581126956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781581126952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Universal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.52w x 0.91d","brand":"Loet Leydesdorff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124901015807,"sku":"9781581126952","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a34fb927-bdb3-44a7-8f7c-a0aac1cc34f8.jpg?v=1687439480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sociological-theory-of-communication-loet-leydesdorff-9781581126952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}