Information & Communication Fast Facts, Last Updated:09/07/2010 It is important to note that a theory is not "true," or "false"(despite the above discussion of falsifiability), but rather betteror worse at explaining the causes of a particular event. Especiallywithin the social sciences, we may find several different theoriesthat each explain a phenomenon in useful ways. There is value inbeing able to use theories as "lenses" through which you canunderstand communication, and through which you can understand theworld together with other scholars. |