A Study Of Edgar Morin's Communication Thought

Edgar Morin is a famous contemporary French scholar.Communication study plays an important role in Edgar Morin's cultural studies.Armand Mattelarr believed that Edgar Morin is one of the founders of French communication studies.This paper mainly takes Edgar Morin's communication thought as the research object.It analyses the Morin's new ideas of communication research under the influence of complexity thouaht,aiming at deeply excavating its theoretical characteristics and expanding the vision and thinking of current communication research.Edgar Morin has a penetrating analysis of the phenomenon of communication.This part of his thought comes from his concern about the debate between Frankfurt School and its opponents.Heidegger's critical thought of science and technology has also influenced his understanding of"thinking" and "technology".At the same time,he has also been inspired by Norm Chomsky's generative linguistics,which regards media culture as the representation of spirit and mind.With the trend of complexity thought being popular all over the world,philosophy,pedagogy,sociology and other humanities' area also pay great attention to Edgar Morin's complexity thought besides the natural sciences such as physics and biology,but the journalism and communication circles has not yet paid attention to it.In fact,Edgar Morin's own analysis of communication phenomenon is based on his complexity thought.In the study of film,he believes that the interpenetration of reality and spirit follows the principle of organizational cycle and dialogic logic.Imagination plays a key role in this process.Therefore,he moves towards the practice of Cinema-Verite,which has both films and documentary features.He also pays attention to mass culture and cultural industry,analyses the three stages of mass culture from industry to spirit,from imagination to reality.He believes that the production of cultural industry follows the dialogic principle of standardization and individualization.The creators and the audience are not only active but also passive.Edgar Morin also analyzes the shortcomings of systems theory,cybernetics and information theory.He also originates the meta-system of information,believing that the social attribute of information should be seen.Therefore,he believes that the abnormal rumors can reflect the social reality,and this kind of analysis based on the holographic principle.Generally speaking,Morin's understanding of human concepts and spiritual realit,y caused by the concept of complexity,which is the fundamental source of his unique dissemination of ideas.Edgar Morin's understanding of the complexity of communication system,the appeal for researchers to intervene in the research object,and the fundamental emphasis on understanding influence the theory and method communication research under the guidance of complexity thought in the perspective of premise,method and analysis.Edgar Morin's complexity thinking leads to his understanding of "the concept of human beings" and "spiritual reality" as the fundamental source of his unique communication thought.He incorporates the concept of individual,group and society into the overall concept of the subject,and interprets the concept of human in a trinity.Therefore,he introduces the concept of self-organization into human society and derives the analysis of sender and receiver He insights into the substance of spirit,endues it with independence,and analyses the relationship between spiritual entity and human entity.As a result,his good expectation of human society naturally shifts to the emphasis on the competition of ideas in the spiritual circle,and the cultural globalization about cross-cultural communication is put forward.All in all,Edgar Morin has formed a complete analytical framework on the study of communication phenomena in history,society and human.Edgar Morin's research on communication is unique in the history of communication thought.He has transdisciplinary method and perspectives.His research on communication is a new theory and method emerging with the development of the history and the change of philosophical ideas.It has an important enlightening effect on the contemporary communication study.