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Communications Theory is the study of the processes and principles of communication, encompassing the transmission, reception, and interpretation of messages across various media. It examines the technical, social, and psychological aspects of communication, focusing on how information is encoded, transmitted, and decoded within different contexts.
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Communications Theory is the study of the processes and principles of communication, encompassing the transmission, reception, and interpretation of messages across various media. It examines the technical, social, and psychological aspects of communication, focusing on how information is encoded, transmitted, and decoded within different contexts.

Key research themes

1. How does information theory quantitatively model and advance communication systems?

This theme explores the foundational quantitative frameworks in communication, focusing on how information theory formalizes the measurement and transmission of information. It encompasses classical principles such as entropy, coding, channel capacity, and extends to digital communications including modulation and error control, addressing system performance limits and design strategies.

Key finding: Introduces a rigorous probabilistic framework for measuring information content via entropy, establishing the bit as a fundamental unit, and presents Markov models for information sources to capture dependencies in symbol... Read more
Key finding: Develops core digital communication concepts by integrating geometric signal space, sufficient statistics, and likelihood ratio testing early in the curriculum, contrasting traditional sequencing. Introduces Viterbi's dynamic... Read more
Key finding: Expands classical and quantum communication frameworks by formulating resource theories that account for channels combined in superpositions of alternative causal orders or trajectories. It demonstrably improves information... Read more

2. How do biological systems challenge and extend classical communication theories?

This theme addresses the applicability and limitations of information theory and communication models within biological contexts, particularly neural communication and organism autonomy. It investigates the discrepancies and proposes novel theoretical adaptations to capture complexity in neural spike timing, power constraints, and biologically encoded causal isolation via molecular codes.

Key finding: Demonstrates that biological molecular codes function to selectively isolate information from direct physical causation, enabling functional autonomy and self-replication. By translating information across physical domains,... Read more

3. What are the evolving conceptual and methodological perspectives in communication studies across disciplines?

Focusing on the multidisciplinary evolution and critique of communication theory itself, this theme covers epistemological turns, ontological considerations, and the intersection of communication with social, cultural, and philosophical domains. It also considers the impact of new media forms such as social media and virtual museums on communication paradigms, highlighting pluralistic, relational, and critical approaches.

Key finding: Advocates for an epistemological and ontological turn in communication theory, emphasizing the need for multidimensional and relational frameworks. It critiques predominant descriptive approaches and urges integration of... Read more
Key finding: Examines how social media transforms traditional customer relationship management by facilitating dynamic, public, and participatory communication channels. It identifies big data analytics enabled by social media as... Read more
Key finding: Introduces a hybrid approach merging theoretical communication with poetic expression, exemplified by contemporary audiovisual essays. The paper explores methodological transgressions of disciplinary boundaries in... Read more
Key finding: Investigates the theoretical bases underlying the public's adoption of social media as a communication medium, revealing gaps in existing technology adoption models when applied to social media's interactive and... Read more

All papers in Communications Theory

A tanulmány célja annak feltárása, hogy a vallási rendszer milyen kölcsönhatásban áll más társadalmi rendszerekkel. A vizsgálódás során elkülönítjük a premodern és modern vallási formákat. A társadalmi rendszerek közötti strukturális... more
RECENZIÓ: Kristóf Luca (2021): Kultúrcsaták: Kulturális elit és politika a mai Magyarországon. Budapest: Gondolat Könyvkiadó. Sikerült új kulturális elitet és kánont teremtenie az Orbán-rezsimnek? Valóban baloldali lenne a legtöbb vezető... more
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A digitalizáció és a mesterséges intelligencia társadalmi áthatásának egyik következménye volt a Big Data, az adatbányászat létrejötte, melyek a korábbi statisztikai és szociológiai kutatásokat új alapokra fektették. A nagy nyelvi... more
Las politicas de proteccion cultural comenzaron a preocuparse, en una primera etapa, por los soportes materiales de la cultura y solo en los anos setenta y ochenta se han centrado en los saberes, la informacion, las destrezas, las... more
An analysis of proverbs, quotations, greeting card messages, and other offbeat but linguistically interesting verbal constructs.
A tanulmány az MTA BTK Médiatudományi Kutatócsoportja által indított, "Az európai médiajogi gondolkodás" című kutatás keretében készült.
This MFA thesis project was inspired by the book ‘The origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love’ by Humberto Maturana & Gerda Verden-Zöller. It was born as an attempt (and a wish) to create an artistic complement to this inspiring... more
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One of the fundamental notions offered by Humberto Maturana is that of the ontology of observing, in which the notion of (objectivity), or objectivity-in-parentheses is presented. This, in my view is not a singular notion, rather it is a... more
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El presente trabajo revisa usos metodológicos y técnicos asociados a la Teoría de La Mediación Social en el campo de la comunicación. De esta manera se busca poner de relieve las posibles problemáticas asociadas al procedimiento... more
Building on Tony Bennett’s (1995) understanding of a museum as a “civic laboratory,” this study advances this framework by researching a museum space in a virtual world. It shows that an online museum can be understood as a “placeless”... more
Autonomy, meaning freedom from exogenous control, requires independence of both constitution and cybernetic regulation. Here, the necessity of biological codes to achieve both is explained, assuming that Aristotelian efficient cause is... more
Resumo A argumentação da presente tese parte do New Journalism como plataforma para discussões sobre a linguagem jornalística. A Contracultura enquanto fenômeno político serve de enquadramento histórico sobre o qual se trabalha a noção de... more
Autonomy, meaning freedom from exogenous control, requires independence of both constitution and cybernetic regulation. Here, the necessity of biological codes to achieve both is explained, assuming that Aristotelean efficient cause is... more
La Responsabilidad Social de la Comunicacion Empresarial, en primer lugar es una necesidad, un deber y un dialogo social permanente y en segundo lugar ayuda directamente a crear sociedad, a traves de ser una empresa responsable y por... more
Auf sozialpsychologische Theorien der Compassion Fatigue zurückgreifend wird im vorliegenden Beitrag eine neue Forschungsperspektive entwickelt, die den Zusammenhang zwischen übermäßigem Konsum politischer Medieninhalte einerseits und... more
Tanulmányunk Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök válságkommunikációs stratégiáit vizsgálja a koronavírus első két évében. A Kossuth rádió „Jó reggelt, Magyarország!” című műsorban elhangzott péntek reggeli interjúk, valamint a parlamenti... more
Tanulmányunk Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök válságkommunikációs stratégiáit vizsgálja a koronavírus első két évében. A Kossuth rádió „Jó reggelt, Magyarország!” című műsorban elhangzott péntek reggeli interjúk, valamint a parlamenti... more
Too late as ever, I came upon Maryanne Wolf's wonderful book, "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World" (2108). Since I was making similar arguments in my 'Prolegomenon to a History of Reading' in my latest book, this... more
cikk megírásának alapjául szolgáló kutatást az MTA BTK Médiatudományi Kutatócsoportja támogatta. 1 C-131/12. sz. a Google Spain SL és Google Inc. kontra Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) és Mario Costeja González ügyben 2014.... more
Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão teórico-comunicacional sobre a divisão conceitual entre medium e meio proposta por Walter Benjamin em seu ensaio Sobre a linguagem em geral e sobre a linguagem humana, escrito em 1916. Argumenta-se aqui... more
Az 'információáramlás' egyre jobban kihasznált metaforája 2 mögött egy olyan társadalomvizsgálati beszédmód és percepciós séma sejlik fel, amely magára a mozgásviszonyra érzékeny. Az érintkezésből, a közösségi létből és a... more
El presente trabajo revisa usos metodológicos y técnicos asociados a la Teoría de La Mediación Social en el campo de la comunicación. De esta manera se busca poner de relieve las posibles problemáticas asociadas al procedimiento... more
Amikor Dr. Samuel Johnson elindult londoni City-béli, Gough Square-i lakásából egyik törzskocsmájába-kézenfekvõ módon általában az otthonához közel esõ, az Old Cheshire Cheese-hez címzett italmérésbe-, és aznap este összegyûlt... more
Just as Smythe argued communication was the "blindspot of western Marxism," western communication and media theorizing itself suffers a blind spot, when it places media power in the hands of dictators and captains of industry as if no... more
Presenting an Open Peer Commentary on “In Maturana’s Wake: The Biology of Cognition’s Legacy and its Prospects” by Randall Whitaker, the article suggests that engaging with Maturana's biology of cognition in the context of design is a... more
If humans are created in the image of a trinitarian God, then we might consider that the fundamental ontology of humans would be relational, furthermore to some degree perichoretic. If perichoresis is somehow reflected in human relations... more
Se presenta una investigación en torno a las relaciones entre Poder, Estado y medios de comunicación masiva desde la mirada de la Teoría Crítica que permite comprender el complejo tejido que engarzan las relaciones de poder a la mayoría... more
BAYER JUDIT * AZ EMBERI JOGOK EURÓPAI BÍRÓSÁGÁNAK 10. CIKKEL KAPCSOLATOS JOGGYAKORLATÁNAK EGYES SÚLYPONTJAI Jelen tanulmány az Emberi Jogok Európai Egyezménye 10. cikkének joggyakorlata általános elveit, és alkalmazásának... more
Per proprietà intrinseche dei costituenti di un sistema ci si riferisce alle proprietà che essi esibiscono in uno stato ideale di "isolamento", a prescindere dal contesto dell'organismo. Tali proprietà sono al centro degli approcci... more
This dissertation investigates the evolving regulations and changing socio-political influence of cheap print in eighteenth-century Scotland, both in terms of its production and distribution. Through a detailed analysis of court records,... more
Seleccionar todos Título: Agencia racional e ilusión de libertad;Rational Agency and the Illusion of Freedom Autores: Sainz, Javier S. Revista: Mediaciones Sociales, 2007; (1) Página(s): 305-326 ISSN: 19890494 Descriptores: Agente... more
This article is concerned with contemporary theories of epistemological uncertainty and their ramifications for our moral lives, and more specifically with how this uncertainty undermines the possibilities for conceiving of, and finding... more
Se presenta una investigación en torno a las relaciones entre Poder, Estado y medios de comunicación masiva desde la mirada de la Teoría Crítica que permite comprender el complejo tejido que engarzan las relaciones de poder a la mayoría... more
El epistemólogo húngaro Imre Lakatos (1993) propuso la fructífera tesis de que lasciencias se desarrollan siguiendo un Programa de Investigación Científica (PIC). Este ideal científico parecía muy lejano a las incertidumbres que acompañan... more
Hipótesis de análisis comunicacional en contextos organizacionales 1 A hypothesis for communication analysis in organizational contexts 1 Trabalho apresentado ao Grupo de Comunicação em Contextos Organizacionais do XXII Encontro Anual da... more
Tentaremos demonstrar a validade da aplicação de um esquema (ou modelo) de análise comunicacional que apresentaremos aqui para a abordagem de certas características da criação de mercadorias simbólicas na Economia da Informação (EI).... more
Resumo Tentaremos demonstrar a validade da aplicação de um esquema (ou modelo) de análise comunicacional que apresentaremos aqui para a abordagem de certas características da criação de mercadorias simbólicas na Economia da Informação... more
The continuing popularity and adoption of social media by the general public and the realisation of its potential customer engagement power by business, is highlighting the importance of social media to ongoing business activities and... more
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