The Reticulation of Communication Networks

The overarching goal of this project was to make some significant advance toward a theoretical explanation of observable instances of communication in organizations and in social collectives more generally. The principal approach to this phenomenon has been the study of communication networks, and this study has generated a considerable body of research. However, the utility of this research is limited by three issues: (1) the accuracy of sociometric data has been challenged, (2) the primarily inductive approach to studying networks has not yielded advances in theory in proportion to the amount of research done, and (3) although there is a presumption that networks develop processually, they are not usually or easily studied as such because the nature of their change is unclear.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Corman, Steven Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hewes, Dean

• Psychology, Social
• Sociology, Social Structure and Development
• Information Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908658

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77305