A Study On John Durham Peters's Thought Of Communication

John Durham Peters is today's famous communication theorist and is rated as "the most innovative thinker in American communication and media research." Based on the study of humanism,he combines various aspects such as religion,philosophy,society,history,literature,politics,and media technology to explore the path of communication studies from the perspective of interdisciplinary reorganization.This paper sorts out the background of John Durham Peters' thoughts,and traces the era and academic background.His origins are mainly from European philosophy,Christian theory,pragmatism and transcendentalism and Haber.The theory of many thinkers such as Mas.He absorbed the essence of the thoughts of many masters and developed an ideology with his own characteristics.John Durham Peters' ideology is mainly composed of three aspects: communication concept,media view and communication discipline construction.In the concept of communication,he criticizes "dialogue",advocates "sowing",and proposes that "perfect communication does not exist";in the media view,he gives the media a basic status,emphasizing the "new" and "old" of the media.",and elaborated the threshold and responsibility of media research.As for the construction of communication science,he advocates broadening the research horizon and paying attention to the "propagation philosophy."John Durham Peters' ideology is mainly composed of three aspects: communication concept,media view and communication discipline construction.In the concept of communication,he criticizes "dialogue",advocates "sowing",and proposes that "perfect communication does not exist";in the media view,he gives the media a basic status,emphasizing the "new" and "old" of the media.",and elaborated the threshold and responsibility of media research.As for the construction of communication science,he advocates broadening the research horizon and paying attention to the "propagation philosophy." John Durham Peters' thought of communication has important theoretical significance.He systematically studied the history of Western communication thoughts,injected fresh blood into the study of "communication concept" and "media view" in communication studies,and reflected on communication.Asymmetry between the development of disciplinary systems and academic rigor.His thoughts on communication also have important practical significance.It can guide journalists to pay attention to the "implacement of the body" in communication,and guide ordinary people to correctly view the hegemony of "anonymity" and "dialogue" in the media society.The development of Chinese communication focusing on empirical research points out the direction of improvement.In addition,this paper analyzes the limitations of John Durham Peters' thoughts on communication: giving the "dialogue" exchange views a high status,the discussion of "physical" issues is omissions,and neglecting the inequalities caused by communication.In short,we apply the dialectical vision of John Durham Peters' thought of communication.