Research as ideology in professional communication

Nancy Roundy Blyler Iowa State University

Abstract

This article claims that the debate over research in professional communication is grounded in ideology. The article discusses the ideologies of two research perspectives: a functionalist perspective, common in much social scientific research, and a critical interpretive perspective, currently emerging in disciplines other than our own. The article sets recent discussions of research in professional communication within a functionalist framework, then posits that a critical interpretive ideology provides an alternative. The interests advanced by both perspectives are discussed, and the viability of critical interpretive research in professional communication is supported.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1995-06-01
DOI
10.1080/10572259509364602
Open Access
Closed
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