What is the most contested scientific discipline?

Communication has a history of contestation that dates back to the time of the Socratic dialogues. Aristotle has addressed the problem of communication as well as many involved in humanistic and rhetorical theory. In modern times scientific methodologies such as psychology, sociology and linguists have began to address communication.

How many traditions are there in communication theory?

There are 7 communication theory traditions:


1. Rhetorical - practical art of discourse

2. Semiotic – intersubjective mediation through signs in order to mediate between different perspectives

3. Phenomenological - experience of otherness, dialogue

4. Cybernetic - information processing and explains how all kinds of complex systems, whether living or nonliving, macro or micro, are able to function, and why
they often malfunction

5. Sociopsychological - expression, interaction and influence

6. Critical - discursive reflection

7. Sociocultural - reproduction of social order