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- Title: Surabaya Kampung and Distorted Communication (Report)
- Author : SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 215 KB
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In the context of a wider theory of communication, Jurgen Habermas has insisted on a distinction between manipulation and distorted communication. This distinction points out the difference between lies and ideology. Manipulation is always strategic, where one of the actors in a communicative situation convinces another of his good faith, while hiding his real intent. In distorted communication, on the other hand, the distorting actor deludes both himself and the object of his communication regarding his honesty and good faith. Habermas sees both as "pathologies" and as aspects of "strategic action", which is action oriented to the achievement of goals. The opposite of strategic action is "communicative action", which is oriented to mutual understanding and consensus and constituting "ideal" communication (Habermas 1979). Reported here is a study of a conflict over riverbank settlements in Surabaya where each side in the conflict held multiple goals and where self-presentation was crucial to "winning". (1) To what extent do we witness, variously, manipulation and distorted communication? Does the Habermas distinction help one to understand what is going on?
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