New Epistemological and Methodological Criteria for Communication Sciences: The Conception as Applied Sciences of Design
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53283#.VLxuWsnQrzE Author(s) Maria Jose Arrojo Affiliation(s) Area of Audiovisual Communication, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain . ABSTRACT There is a need for new epistemological and methodological criteria for communication sciences. This necessity is underscored by the important developments of communication in recent years, due to the information and communication technologies (ICT). Consequently, we should overcome interpretive schemes until now dominant, which see communication sciences only as social sciences (or even as it were a mere professional practice based on past experience). Hence, the reality of a new conception is required to specify communication sciences which are analyzed as applied sciences of design. Thus, the theoretical approach—in cognitive and processes—fits best to the reality of new communication phenomena. Wit...