Vernon E Cronen
Biographic Data
| ID | 237066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vernon E Cronen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vernon E |
| FAMILY NAME | Cronen |
| SIGNATURE | CRONEN V E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Practical theory, practical art, and the pragmatic-systemic account of inquiry
Practical theory, as distinct from applied theory, is based on the notion of inquiry developed in human systems research and pragmatism. It rejects the practitioner-theorist dualism and treats theory as formalizations aiding inquirers' efforts to join with human systems to improve them, rather than as propositional maps of social reality. This article offers criteria for evaluating such theories and discusses the way practical theory establishes …
Interethnic Communication and Cross-Paradigm Borrowing
Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe
(1991). Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe: A comparison of Davies and Harre's views to coordinated management of meaning theory. Research on Language and Social Interaction: Vol. 25, No. 1-4, pp. 37-66
The meaning of ‘meaning’ in the CMM analysis of communication
Paradoxes, Double Binds, and Reflexive Loops
This article presents a new theory of refiexivity in systems of social meaning and action. It is argued that Russell's Theory of Logical Types, which formed the basis of the early work of the Palo Alto group, rests upon an inappropriate and largely outdated epistemology. The theory offered here rejects the assumption that reflexivity and paradox are coterminous. It is further argued that reflexivity is a natural and necessary feature of human sys…
A Theory of Rule-Structure and Types of Episodes and a Study of Perceived Enmeshment in Undesired Repetitive Patterns (“URPs”)
This paper is a major extension of a theory called “The Coordinated Management of Meaning” and includes an empirical test of certain aspects of that theory. The model for regulative rules developed by Cronen and Pearce (1978) is used as a heuristic device for identifying seven variables of rule structure. These variations in rule structure in turn generate an analytic schema for differentiating among episode types. The central contention is that …
Alternative Approaches for the Communication Theorist
This paper argues against the laws-systems-rules trichotomy which Cushman and Pearce use to organize theoretical options in the communication field. This trichotomy of perspectives does reflect the groupings into which scholars have come to classify themselves, but the analytic implications of this division follow strongly and confound the actual levels of choice inherent in theory building. The organization of theoretical alternatives by attempt…
Affective relationship between the speaker and listener
The authors question the appropriateness of the simple approach‐avoidance model as a description of the affective relationship between communicator and auditor. A factor analytic study is presented that supports Davitz's earlier contention that there are two qualitatively distinct types of negative affective relationships: moving against and moving away. An additional illustrative study explores some relationships between this model of affect and…
Effects of Group Conflict, Problem-Relevance, Manipulative Success and Decision-Satisfaction on Machiavellianism
60 Ss participated in groups making personally relevant decisions that affected their grades. The MACH IV test was administered before and after the discussions. It was hypothesized that Ss' perceptions of manipulative success and decision-satisfaction would be significant predictors of change in Machiavellian orientation in high-conflict groups but not in low-conflict groups. Data were analyzed as two separate step-wise regression problems. Only…
Belief, Salience, Media Exposure, and Summation Theory
This is a report of two studies which reexamine Fishbein's Summation Theory of attitude change with particular focus on the correlation between belief salience and belief strength. To test the possibility that earlier studies may have been concept bound, a partial replication of the Kaplan-Fishbein [3] study was conducted with the concept, “American Indian.” No statistically significant correlations were obtained. Examination of individual respon…
Agnew Meets the Student Dissenters
The study deals with the effects of the David Frost Show, featuring Vice President Agnew and five student dissenters, on the attitudes of students. Pretests revealed that the topic of “Agnew versus student dissenters” activated a number of hard-core, high ego-involved attitudes of students toward Agnew: pretests also generated the Likert-type statements and bipolar adjectival scales used in the study. Results showed that students exposed to the p…
Paradoxes, Double Binds, and Reflexive Loops
This article presents a new theory of refiexivity in systems of social meaning and action. It is argued that Russell's Theory of Logical Types, which formed the basis of the early work of the Palo Alto group, rests upon an inappropriate and largely outdated epistemology. The theory offered here rejects the assumption that reflexivity and paradox are coterminous. It is further argued that reflexivity is a natural and necessary feature of human sys…
The meaning of ‘meaning’ in the CMM analysis of communication
Practical theory, practical art, and the pragmatic-systemic account of inquiry
Practical theory, as distinct from applied theory, is based on the notion of inquiry developed in human systems research and pragmatism. It rejects the practitioner-theorist dualism and treats theory as formalizations aiding inquirers' efforts to join with human systems to improve them, rather than as propositional maps of social reality. This article offers criteria for evaluating such theories and discusses the way practical theory establishes …
Alternative Approaches for the Communication Theorist
This paper argues against the laws-systems-rules trichotomy which Cushman and Pearce use to organize theoretical options in the communication field. This trichotomy of perspectives does reflect the groupings into which scholars have come to classify themselves, but the analytic implications of this division follow strongly and confound the actual levels of choice inherent in theory building. The organization of theoretical alternatives by attempt…
A Theory of Rule-Structure and Types of Episodes and a Study of Perceived Enmeshment in Undesired Repetitive Patterns (“URPs”)
This paper is a major extension of a theory called “The Coordinated Management of Meaning” and includes an empirical test of certain aspects of that theory. The model for regulative rules developed by Cronen and Pearce (1978) is used as a heuristic device for identifying seven variables of rule structure. These variations in rule structure in turn generate an analytic schema for differentiating among episode types. The central contention is that …
Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe
(1991). Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe: A comparison of Davies and Harre's views to coordinated management of meaning theory. Research on Language and Social Interaction: Vol. 25, No. 1-4, pp. 37-66
Affective relationship between the speaker and listener
The authors question the appropriateness of the simple approach‐avoidance model as a description of the affective relationship between communicator and auditor. A factor analytic study is presented that supports Davitz's earlier contention that there are two qualitatively distinct types of negative affective relationships: moving against and moving away. An additional illustrative study explores some relationships between this model of affect and…
Agnew Meets the Student Dissenters
The study deals with the effects of the David Frost Show, featuring Vice President Agnew and five student dissenters, on the attitudes of students. Pretests revealed that the topic of “Agnew versus student dissenters” activated a number of hard-core, high ego-involved attitudes of students toward Agnew: pretests also generated the Likert-type statements and bipolar adjectival scales used in the study. Results showed that students exposed to the p…
Belief, Salience, Media Exposure, and Summation Theory
This is a report of two studies which reexamine Fishbein's Summation Theory of attitude change with particular focus on the correlation between belief salience and belief strength. To test the possibility that earlier studies may have been concept bound, a partial replication of the Kaplan-Fishbein [3] study was conducted with the concept, “American Indian.” No statistically significant correlations were obtained. Examination of individual respon…
Effects of Group Conflict, Problem-Relevance, Manipulative Success and Decision-Satisfaction on Machiavellianism
60 Ss participated in groups making personally relevant decisions that affected their grades. The MACH IV test was administered before and after the discussions. It was hypothesized that Ss' perceptions of manipulative success and decision-satisfaction would be significant predictors of change in Machiavellian orientation in high-conflict groups but not in low-conflict groups. Data were analyzed as two separate step-wise regression problems. Only…
Affective relationship between the speaker and listener
The authors question the appropriateness of the simple approach‐avoidance model as a description of the affective relationship between communicator and auditor. A factor analytic study is presented that supports Davitz's earlier contention that there are two qualitatively distinct types of negative affective relationships: moving against and moving away. An additional illustrative study explores some relationships between this model of affect and…
Alternative Approaches for the Communication Theorist
This paper argues against the laws-systems-rules trichotomy which Cushman and Pearce use to organize theoretical options in the communication field. This trichotomy of perspectives does reflect the groupings into which scholars have come to classify themselves, but the analytic implications of this division follow strongly and confound the actual levels of choice inherent in theory building. The organization of theoretical alternatives by attempt…
A Theory of Rule-Structure and Types of Episodes and a Study of Perceived Enmeshment in Undesired Repetitive Patterns (“URPs”)
This paper is a major extension of a theory called “The Coordinated Management of Meaning” and includes an empirical test of certain aspects of that theory. The model for regulative rules developed by Cronen and Pearce (1978) is used as a heuristic device for identifying seven variables of rule structure. These variations in rule structure in turn generate an analytic schema for differentiating among episode types. The central contention is that …
Paradoxes, Double Binds, and Reflexive Loops
This article presents a new theory of refiexivity in systems of social meaning and action. It is argued that Russell's Theory of Logical Types, which formed the basis of the early work of the Palo Alto group, rests upon an inappropriate and largely outdated epistemology. The theory offered here rejects the assumption that reflexivity and paradox are coterminous. It is further argued that reflexivity is a natural and necessary feature of human sys…
The meaning of ‘meaning’ in the CMM analysis of communication
Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe
(1991). Grammars of identity and their implications for discursive practices in and out of academe: A comparison of Davies and Harre's views to coordinated management of meaning theory. Research on Language and Social Interaction: Vol. 25, No. 1-4, pp. 37-66
Interethnic Communication and Cross-Paradigm Borrowing
Practical theory, practical art, and the pragmatic-systemic account of inquiry
Practical theory, as distinct from applied theory, is based on the notion of inquiry developed in human systems research and pragmatism. It rejects the practitioner-theorist dualism and treats theory as formalizations aiding inquirers' efforts to join with human systems to improve them, rather than as propositional maps of social reality. This article offers criteria for evaluating such theories and discusses the way practical theory establishes …
Epistemology (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Communication (3 works)