| Question | Answer |
| impact of corporate colonization | over 90% of mass media outlets are owned by corporations; corporations "control and colonize" modern life in a way that no government or public since the feudal era thought possible |
| critique of communication approach to organization | Deetz says that a positive alternative to managerialism is difficult to work out; political realism- its natural to give power to managers |
| goals and premise of the theory of communication in organization | explore the ways to ensure the finanical health of corporations while increasing the representation of diverse human interests |
| participation | stakeholder democracy; the process by which all stakeholders in an organization negotiate power and openly reach collaborative decisions |
| discursive closure | suppression of conflict without employees realizing that they are complicit in their own censorship |
| involvement | stakeholders' free expression of ideas that may or may not affect managerial decisions |
| systematically distorted communication | operating outside of employees' awareness, a form of discourse that restricts what can be said or even considered |
| consent | the process by which employees actively, though unknowingly, accomplish managerial interests in a faulty attempt to fulfill their own |
| managerialism | a systematic logic, set of routine practices and ideology that values control over all other concerns |
| codetermination | collaborative decision making |
| communication model | a view that language is the principle medium through which social reality is created and sustained |
| information model | a view that communication is a channel for the transmission of information about the real world |
| Stanley Deetz | founder of critical theory of communication in organizations- theory to explore the ways to ensure the finanical health of corporations while increasing the representation of diverse human interests; specializes in organizational communication; U of Colorado communications prof; |
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