“The
immanent improbabilities of the communication process and way in which they are
overcome and transformed into probabilities regulate the construction of social
systems.”
That was the central concept of this class.
Last Monday, students who conquered piles of readings were gathered in the
classroom of Social Systems Theory in order to study media and code for
communication.
To begin with, Prof. Iba introduced three
kinds of improbability on
communication using Nikolas Luhmann’s quotes in Social Systems Theory. At first, there is the improbability of understanding. Niklas Luhmann says that
“At the zero point of evolution, it is first of all,
improbable that ego understands what alter means-given that their bodies and
minds are separate and individual.”
Also, there is another improbability, reaching. Even though we are surrounded
by a variety of communication tools and convenient social media, we still
struggle with issues that the message actually reaches to a person who we want
to tell.
The third one is the improbability of
success.
“Even if a communication is
understood by the person it reaches, that does not guarantee that it is also
accepted or followed.”
However, we have ways to overcome those improbabilities,
which is “media”. According to Luhmann, media is ways of transforming what is
improbable into what is probable. Prof. Iba indicated three kinds of media;
1. Language
2. Media of
dissemination
3. Symbolically
generalized communication media
After students listened to the explanations by the professor, they had
dialogues discussing three kinds and improbabilities and media in order to
whether they understood them successfully or not by using familiar topics.
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