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Hello Onel5969 and thanks for your review. I saw that you added the maintenance tags "original research" and "essay-like". I'm a little surprised since the article is well-sourced but maybe you saw something that I didn't. Could you point out which passages you think contain original research or personal feelings/opinions so I can try to fix them? I appreciate your efforts at improving this article. Phlsph7 (talk) 18:03, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's really throughout the article. And it's difficult to explain without having access to the major source of the piece. However, as an example, the first line of the Influence and Criticism section, it reads, "Barnlund's objections to earlier models of communication have been influential." There are two sources for that, one is Barnlund, the other does not make that claim at all. Onel5969TT me18:23, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your explanation. Dwyer 2012 mentions various reactions by other theorists to Barnlund's model and explains his innovation compared to earlier models, i.e. that meaning is invented and not received. But you are right that this source could be more explicit. I've added another reference that makes this claim explicit: Transactional models focus on the function of communication and represent the origins of the constitutive view of communication. The most famous of these models was developed by Dean Barnlund in 1970. Do you think this source is sufficient or should the sentence be changed somehow? Are there other problematic passages that caught your eye? Phlsph7 (talk) 18:43, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
One more source that discusses Barnlund's objections to earlier models from "1.2 The Communication Process". Communication in the Real World. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing: As the study of communication progressed, models expanded to account for more of the communication process. Many scholars view communication as more than a process that is used to carry on conversations and convey meaning. We don’t send messages like computers, and we don’t neatly alternate between the roles of sender and receiver as an interaction unfolds. We also can’t consciously decide to stop communicating, because communication is more than sending and receiving messages. The transaction model differs from the transmission and interaction models in significant ways, including the conceptualization of communication, the role of sender and receiver, and the role of context (Barnlund, 1970).
