COMS 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dick Cheney Hunting Incident, Sextet, Kennedy Curse
9 Aug 2016
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A system adapts to changes within the system: external. A system is interdependent with other systems. A system adapts to changes within other, interdependent systems. Communication inquiry & systems theories: post positivist. Looking for uniqueness: examples of systems. Top 3: system theories: internal changes within a system affect interconnected systems, knowing a system helps one communicate better within that system, axioms help explain how one communicates with and without effort. Laszlo"s principles of a system: natural systems are wholes with irreducible properties. Change in one=change in the whole: natural systems maintain themselves in a changing environment. Openness=ability to import energy: natural systems create themselves in reponse to self-creativity in other systems. Changes managed to reduce chaos: natural systems are coordinating interfaces in nature"s holarchy. Palo alto group: a group of psychologists studying mental health and communication patterns in the 1950s and 1960s.
