Parables and paradigms: an introduction to using communication theories in outdoor recreation research

James Absher

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Parables and paradigms: an introduction to using communication theories in outdoor recreation research

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Authors:

James Absher

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 36-39.

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Abstract

Studies that employ communication theories are rare in recreation resource management. One reason may be unfamiliarity with communication theories and their potential to provide useful results. A two-dimensional metatheoretical plane is proposed, selected recreation and communication theories are located in it, and functional comparisons are made among eight disparate theories. Communication theories have much to offer scientists and managers, and both are encouraged to use them.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Absher, James. 1998. Parables and paradigms: an introduction to using communication theories in outdoor recreation research. In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 36-39.