Triple contingency: the theoretical problem of the public in communication societies

dc.contributor.authorStrydom, Piet
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T12:24:49Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T12:24:49Z
dc.date.issued1999-03-01
dc.date.updated2019-05-13T12:19:06Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks to show that the proposition of 'double contingency’ introduced by Parsons and defended by Luhmann and Habermas is insufficient under the conditions of contemporary communication societies. In the latter context, the increasing differentiation and organization of communication processes eventuated in the recognition of the epistemic authority of the public, which in turn compels us to conceptualize a new level of contingency. A first step is therefore taken to capture the role of the public in communication societies theoretically by what may be called 'triple contingency’. Since the process of the definition of reality and its outcome, to which the response of the public is central, is best seen in constructivist terms, attention is also paid to relevant methodological and epistemological questions.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationStrydom, P. (1999) 'Triple contingency: the theoretical problem of the public in communication societies', Philosophy and Social Criticism, 25(2), pp. 1-25. doi: 10.1177/019145379902500201en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/019145379902500201en
dc.identifier.eissn1461-734X
dc.identifier.endpage25en
dc.identifier.issn0191-4537
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhilosophy and Social Criticismen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7890
dc.identifier.volume25en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/019145379902500201
dc.rights© 1999, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectCognitive turnen
dc.subjectCommunicationen
dc.subjectConstructivismen
dc.subjectDouble contingencyen
dc.subjectHabermasen
dc.subjectLuhmannen
dc.subjectObservationen
dc.subjectParsonsen
dc.subjectSituationalismen
dc.subjectThird point of viewen
dc.titleTriple contingency: the theoretical problem of the public in communication societiesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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