Compare and contrast the social scientific and interpretive approach by describing the strengths and limitations of each approach

Answer:


The social science approach in communication originally focused on the individual or, less frequently, the dyad (a pair of people, like Charee and Mateo, who interact with each other). Because the social science approach grew out of the fields of psychology and sociology, communication scholars typically relied on some of the same research methods used by these social scientists. Scholars who developed the interpretive approach were influenced by the ancient Greek tradition of rhetoric, or the art of persuasion, and by humanism, a branch of philosophy that celebrates human nature and it's potential. Like the social science approach, the interpretive approach focuses on the individual, but interpretive communication researchers have goals and assumptions that differ from those who use the social science paradigm.

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