H. Garfinkel, Toward a sociological theory of information

James Aho

pp. 117-121

in: Human Studies 33 (1), 2010.

Abstract

How does a dead body become a suicide? Rule-breaking a crime? A product of the womb an abortion? Body troubles a disease? Data a fact? The answer, says Harold Garfinkel, is through communication. All of these are accomplished through talk. Not just by the contents of the words spoken, but by their inflection, rapidity, and loudness; and not just by what is said, but by what is not: silences.

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