So the Havalais article as posted started off like this:
"Some have suggested that the very common practice of beginning a communication
theory class with an attempt to define communication and theory is a flawed pedagogy.
Nonetheless, it is difficult to begin a study of the theories of communication without
first having some grasp, however temporary and tenuous, of what sorts of phenomena
"count" as communication, and what kinds of ideas about those phenomena
constitute "theory" or, more specifically, good theory."
(From
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theories_of_communication&old…)
As I rather suspected, far from encyclopedic style. In fact the epitome of pompous
academic wind-up (as in 'listen to 15 minutes of this and then I might tell you
something').
Charles
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