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Papers by Kęstas Kirtiklis

Lingua Posnaniensis, 2017

The present article deals with one of the most elaborated theories of information society, propos... more The present article deals with one of the most elaborated theories of information society, proposed by Manuel Castells. Castells defines the present social landscape as the Information Age, in which human societies perform their activities in a new technological paradigm and argues that this landscape was brought about by the revolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) at the second half of the 20th century. I argue that Castells first and foremost theorizes these new ICT (in the vein of media theorist Marshall Mc-Luhan) and discerns their three main features – network logic, timeless time and space of flows which are visible only in the interaction of media and society. Therefore, Castells’ ICT / media theory serves as a kind of methodological framework for his theory of the information society.

This edited collection explores contemporary developments in the discussion on models of communic... more This edited collection explores contemporary developments in the discussion on models of communication in the philosophy and theory of communication.

Problemos, 2014

Knygos recenzija.Gintautas Mažeikis. Propaganda ir simbolinis mąstymas. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo ... more Knygos recenzija.Gintautas Mažeikis. Propaganda ir simbolinis mąstymas. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla, 2010. 480 p. ISBN 978-9955-12-575-4.

ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 2016

Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a var... more Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a variety of reasons. According to those critical of the transmission model, the assumptions behind this viewpoint generally promote linear conceptions of communication and a passive audience by reducing communication to an instrument of information exchange. This paper takes a slightly different stance. At the heart of the transmission model is a conceptual metaphor that utilizes technology, i.e., communication systems, to explain various aspects of the communication process.

Additionally, this paper contends that the transmission metaphor is alive and well and will demonstrate its evolution as a concept through various examples found in scholarly literature. It will highlight how the transmission metaphor did not just originate with Shannon & Weaver (1949) as the ritual cites tend to suggest, but rather was borrowed, most likely from several fields including general semantics and linguistics.

Finally, this paper argues that the transmission, conduit, and container/vehicle metaphors are conceptually one and the same, and perhaps more importantly, that the distinctions made between them by scholars are both artificial and arbitrary. In doing so, it highlights how these various metaphors are regularly mixed and fused in their meta-communicative use and argues the benefits of treating them as conceptual metaphoric plesionyms moving forward.

The article deals with the attempts to typologize communication theories proposed in recent decad... more The article deals with the attempts to typologize communication theories proposed in recent decades. Examining their flaws it argues that communication theorizing is inseparable from the practice of research, therefore (1) the appropriate criteria for typology of communication theories are to be found in combining theoretical conceptions of communication with methodologies of research and their grounding epistemologies; (2) it is epistemology that provides the basis for bringing together the conceptions of communication and the methodologies of research. It also argues that using epistemological and methodological criteria, two -naturalist and interpretive -traditions of communication theory and research may be distinguished.

Conference Papers by Kęstas Kirtiklis

Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a var... more Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a variety of reasons. According to those critical of the transmission model, the assumptions behind this viewpoint generally promote linear conceptions of communication and a passive audience by reducing communication to an instrument of information exchange. This paper takes a slightly different stance. At the heart of the transmission model is a conceptual metaphor that utilizes technology, i.e., communication systems, to explain various aspects of the communication process.

Additionally, this paper contends that the transmission metaphor is alive and well and will demonstrate its evolution as a concept through various examples found in scholarly literature. It will highlight how the transmission metaphor did not just originate with Shannon & Weaver (1949) as the ritual cites tend to suggest, but rather was borrowed, most likely from several fields including general semantics and linguistics.

Finally, this paper argues that the transmission, conduit, and container/vehicle metaphors are conceptually one and the same, and perhaps more importantly, that the distinctions made between them by scholars are both artificial and arbitrary. In doing so, it highlights how these various metaphors are regularly mixed and fused in their meta-communicative use and argues the benefits of treating them as conceptual metaphoric plesionyms moving forward.

Conference Presentations by Kęstas Kirtiklis

This paper is an historical explication into the transmission model of communication with particu... more This paper is an historical explication into the transmission model of communication with particular emphasis placed on its commercial and legal indoctrination in the United States.

Lingua Posnaniensis, 2017

The present article deals with one of the most elaborated theories of information society, propos... more The present article deals with one of the most elaborated theories of information society, proposed by Manuel Castells. Castells defines the present social landscape as the Information Age, in which human societies perform their activities in a new technological paradigm and argues that this landscape was brought about by the revolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) at the second half of the 20th century. I argue that Castells first and foremost theorizes these new ICT (in the vein of media theorist Marshall Mc-Luhan) and discerns their three main features – network logic, timeless time and space of flows which are visible only in the interaction of media and society. Therefore, Castells’ ICT / media theory serves as a kind of methodological framework for his theory of the information society.

This edited collection explores contemporary developments in the discussion on models of communic... more This edited collection explores contemporary developments in the discussion on models of communication in the philosophy and theory of communication.

Problemos, 2014

Knygos recenzija.Gintautas Mažeikis. Propaganda ir simbolinis mąstymas. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo ... more Knygos recenzija.Gintautas Mažeikis. Propaganda ir simbolinis mąstymas. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla, 2010. 480 p. ISBN 978-9955-12-575-4.

ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 2016

Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a var... more Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a variety of reasons. According to those critical of the transmission model, the assumptions behind this viewpoint generally promote linear conceptions of communication and a passive audience by reducing communication to an instrument of information exchange. This paper takes a slightly different stance. At the heart of the transmission model is a conceptual metaphor that utilizes technology, i.e., communication systems, to explain various aspects of the communication process.

Additionally, this paper contends that the transmission metaphor is alive and well and will demonstrate its evolution as a concept through various examples found in scholarly literature. It will highlight how the transmission metaphor did not just originate with Shannon & Weaver (1949) as the ritual cites tend to suggest, but rather was borrowed, most likely from several fields including general semantics and linguistics.

Finally, this paper argues that the transmission, conduit, and container/vehicle metaphors are conceptually one and the same, and perhaps more importantly, that the distinctions made between them by scholars are both artificial and arbitrary. In doing so, it highlights how these various metaphors are regularly mixed and fused in their meta-communicative use and argues the benefits of treating them as conceptual metaphoric plesionyms moving forward.

The article deals with the attempts to typologize communication theories proposed in recent decad... more The article deals with the attempts to typologize communication theories proposed in recent decades. Examining their flaws it argues that communication theorizing is inseparable from the practice of research, therefore (1) the appropriate criteria for typology of communication theories are to be found in combining theoretical conceptions of communication with methodologies of research and their grounding epistemologies; (2) it is epistemology that provides the basis for bringing together the conceptions of communication and the methodologies of research. It also argues that using epistemological and methodological criteria, two -naturalist and interpretive -traditions of communication theory and research may be distinguished.

Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a var... more Over the last couple decades, several historians have criticized the transmission model for a variety of reasons. According to those critical of the transmission model, the assumptions behind this viewpoint generally promote linear conceptions of communication and a passive audience by reducing communication to an instrument of information exchange. This paper takes a slightly different stance. At the heart of the transmission model is a conceptual metaphor that utilizes technology, i.e., communication systems, to explain various aspects of the communication process.

Additionally, this paper contends that the transmission metaphor is alive and well and will demonstrate its evolution as a concept through various examples found in scholarly literature. It will highlight how the transmission metaphor did not just originate with Shannon & Weaver (1949) as the ritual cites tend to suggest, but rather was borrowed, most likely from several fields including general semantics and linguistics.

Finally, this paper argues that the transmission, conduit, and container/vehicle metaphors are conceptually one and the same, and perhaps more importantly, that the distinctions made between them by scholars are both artificial and arbitrary. In doing so, it highlights how these various metaphors are regularly mixed and fused in their meta-communicative use and argues the benefits of treating them as conceptual metaphoric plesionyms moving forward.

This paper is an historical explication into the transmission model of communication with particu... more This paper is an historical explication into the transmission model of communication with particular emphasis placed on its commercial and legal indoctrination in the United States.