Overview
 
1. systems theory:
Phenomenon
Explanation
System
Theory
System theory
Black box
 
2. communication in system theory:
Process
Signal and Information
Communication in the system
Communication between systems

3. communication theories:
General remarks on criticism
Different conceptions of communication
C. Shannon: "Information theory"
N. Wiener: Cybernetics
V. Flusser: Communicology
G. Bateson: The difference that makes the difference
P. Watzlawick: You cannot not communicate
F. Schulz von Thun: Talking to each other
N. Luhmann: You cannot not communicate
H. Maturana: Autopoiesis instead of information
E. von Glasersfeld: Knowledge, language and reality
D. Bohm: On dialogue

4. hypercommunication:
Pragmatics
Action context
Example of a hyperlibrary
System-theoretical interpretation
Audience
Mass media
News-Nachrichten
WWW (world wide web)
 
5. metacommunication:
Distinguish !
Observers
 
6. epilogue
Self-revelation and art
General Communication Theory