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    Communication overload in interaction systems

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    Dimitris Michailakis

    Sociology at Gävle University
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    Abstract

    The article aims at exploring the relevance of Luhmann's sociological systems theory to understand disability as communication about impairments. The questions to be considered in the following are: What happens to interaction systems when confronted with individuals with psychical or physical impairments (deviating bodies, perception difficulties, difficulties to process information)? What are the essential characteristics of interaction where disabled people participate? Trying to answer these questions, a broader question is raised: In which ways does communication in interaction systems become strained or overloaded? I argue that from the viewpoint of systems theory, disability as a social phenomenon, as part of social systems ‐ historically evolved and intelligible only in a systems/environment relationship ‐ must be linked to communication. Individuals’ impairments strain interaction with respect to time, objectively and socially because interaction systems are a combination of perception and communication.
    How to Cite: Michailakis, D., 2004. Communication overload in interaction systems. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 6(1), pp.37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638
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      Published on 01 Jul 2004
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    Michailakis, D., 2004. Communication overload in interaction systems. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 6(1), pp.37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis D. Communication overload in interaction systems. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 2004;6(1):37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis, D. (2004). Communication overload in interaction systems. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 6(1), 37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis D, ‘Communication Overload in Interaction Systems’ (2004) 6 Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 37 DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis, Dimitris. 2004. “Communication Overload in Interaction Systems”. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 6 (1): 37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis, Dimitris. “Communication Overload in Interaction Systems”. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 6, no. 1 (2004): 37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

    Michailakis, D.. “Communication Overload in Interaction Systems”. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, vol. 6, no. 1, 2004, pp. 37–54. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512638

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