Interaction versus action, and Luhmanns sociology of communication
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Both actions and interactions are micro-operations that can be aggregated from a systems perspective. Whereas actions operate historically, interactions provide the events with meaning from a hindsight perspective. Luhmanns sociology of communication systems adds to the approach of symbolic interactionism the question what global dimensions of communication mean for local interactions. Tensions can be expected to develop between the (e.g., institutional) organization and the global development of functionally differentiated communications. Interfaces enable us selectively to translate among provisionally stabilized representations, for example, in professional practices. Big science and high tech can then be considered as organizational acculturations of an emerging level of sophistication in high-quality communications. The global dimension remains a hypothesis, but entertaining this hypothesis (globalization) restructures the local expectations.
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