An introductory exploratory study about the place of communication in science

Abstract

In this paper, an exploratory study is conducted from the application of a method with potential to indicate weakness, opportunities and gaps about a specific subject. Therefore, a general perspective about the theoretical model that grounds the methodology and its description is offered. Then, the method is applied in a meticulously selected paper to identify and examine the vulnerabilities – explicit and implicit choices from author due the methodological, theoretical and empirical views – in a study about the relation between science and communication. The results point to the existence of serious problems inherent to the theory of contemporary science and to a new and emergent communication science about the communication's empirical phenomena by itself.