Constitution of the Communication Field

The article seeks to clarify key points to characterize the field of communication studies – its possible formation as a discipline of knowledge, the question of interdisciplinarity; perspectives related to the objects of study, emphasizing the angle of “social interaction” and the theme of “media”; the problem of sharing the study of communication phenomena with other humanities and social sciences, the question of the constitution of the field, in its internal diversity, and the relationship between the phenomenon and sociocultural contexts. Each of these aspects is addressed in two stages – as perceived in the first article appeared, in 2001, and notes included now, seeking to clarify further perceptions occurring in the period.