Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation

Communication trumps information as the regulator of social mediation. Journalism is no longer the sole moderator in the social debate and journalistic practices are less informative and more communicative. The extension of communication at the expense of information brings about two shifts. First,...

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Main Author: Gilles Gauthier
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Language:fra
Published: Université Laval 2011-10-01
Series:Communication
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/communication/2513
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description Communication trumps information as the regulator of social mediation. Journalism is no longer the sole moderator in the social debate and journalistic practices are less informative and more communicative. The extension of communication at the expense of information brings about two shifts. First, it dilutes ethics into moralism. Second, it equates argumentation with the simple expression of conviction. This double drift arose because communication and information have a different relationship to reality. Information proceeds from the principle of realism: it presupposes the pre-existence of the reality with which it is confronted. Communication proceeds from the principle of constructivism: it establishes a new reality.
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spelling doaj-art-bc07a043766a4052a2ce548888e2dac52025-01-09T11:27:25ZfraUniversité LavalCommunication1189-37881920-73442011-10-0129110.4000/communication.2513Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentationGilles GauthierCommunication trumps information as the regulator of social mediation. Journalism is no longer the sole moderator in the social debate and journalistic practices are less informative and more communicative. The extension of communication at the expense of information brings about two shifts. First, it dilutes ethics into moralism. Second, it equates argumentation with the simple expression of conviction. This double drift arose because communication and information have a different relationship to reality. Information proceeds from the principle of realism: it presupposes the pre-existence of the reality with which it is confronted. Communication proceeds from the principle of constructivism: it establishes a new reality.https://journals.openedition.org/communication/2513informationcommunicationmoralismconvictionreality
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Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
Communication
information
communication
moralism
conviction
reality
title Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
title_full Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
title_fullStr Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
title_full_unstemmed Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
title_short Comment l’extension de la communication bouleverse l’éthique et l’argumentation
title_sort comment l extension de la communication bouleverse l ethique et l argumentation
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communication
moralism
conviction
reality
url https://journals.openedition.org/communication/2513
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