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In this original application of information theory to social analysis, Orrin Klapp examines how and why societies are producing more stress than they ever can handle. He argues that the reduction of 'social noise', the chaos from which we try to construct meaning is a major goal of individuals and groups alike. Individuals, groups, even entire societies normally cycle rhythmically between two basic modes of adaptation to the constant communication flow: opening, or scanning for desired information; and closing, or defending against noise. For example, in a society functioning in the opening mode, movements like ecumenicism and expansionism achieve momentum. Extreme reactions in either mode lead to an opposite swing, according to Professor Klapp's model. His wide-ranging conceptual scheme incorporates hypotheses about the variety and redundancy of information, as well as about human channel capacities and the need for homeostatis. His research reveals intriguing relationships among such phenomena as the concern about industrial population and the search for ethnic roots.
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In this original application of information theory to social analysis, Orrin Klapp examines how and why societies are producing more stress than they ever can handle. He argues that the reduction of 'social noise', the chaos from which we try to construct meaning is a major goal of individuals and groups alike. Individuals, groups, even entire societies normally cycle rhythmically between two basic modes of adaptation to the constant communication flow: opening, or scanning for desired information; and closing, or defending against noise. For example, in a society functioning in the opening mode, movements like ecumenicism and expansionism achieve momentum. Extreme reactions in either mode lead to an opposite swing, according to Professor Klapp's model. His wide-ranging conceptual scheme incorporates hypotheses about the variety and redundancy of information, as well as about human channel capacities and the need for homeostatis. His research reveals intriguing relationships among such phenomena as the concern about industrial population and the search for ethnic roots.
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Opening and Closing : Strategies of Information Adaption in Society. [American Sociological Association Rose Monographs]
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Cambridge University Press (The Arnold and Caroline Rose Monograph Series in Sociology) 1st edn, 1978
ISBN 10 : 052121923X
ISBN 13 : 9780521219235
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Vendeur : G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 226p, hardback a VG+ ex-library copy [052121923X]. N° de réf. du vendeur 60411
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Opening and Closing (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs)
Edité par
Cambridge University Press, 1978
ISBN 10 : 052121923X
ISBN 13 : 9780521219235
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good. book. N° de réf. du vendeur ERICA800052121923X3
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