TY - JOUR
T1 - The diffusion of scientific information in the communication discipline
T2 - Conceptualization and propositions
AU - Ruben, Brent D.
AU - Weimann, John M.
PY - 1979/3/1
Y1 - 1979/3/1
N2 - Scholarly work is diffused among members of a discipline through a process which is essentially communicative in nature. As such, that process serves both content and relational functions, and has unintended as well as intended consequences. Beyond the transmission of scientific and scholarly information within a field, communication dynamics shape and control the sorts of information which can be diffused and accepted. This article examines this generic role of communication in the growth and development of scholarly paradigms and literatures, with particular reference to the implications of these issues for the field of communication.
AB - Scholarly work is diffused among members of a discipline through a process which is essentially communicative in nature. As such, that process serves both content and relational functions, and has unintended as well as intended consequences. Beyond the transmission of scientific and scholarly information within a field, communication dynamics shape and control the sorts of information which can be diffused and accepted. This article examines this generic role of communication in the growth and development of scholarly paradigms and literatures, with particular reference to the implications of these issues for the field of communication.
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U2 - 10.1080/01463377909369332
DO - 10.1080/01463377909369332
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84948236696
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 27
SP - 47
EP - 53
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -