This article seeks to underline the value of the works carried out by Robert Ezra Park, one of the founding fathers of the Chicago School, in the field of the sociology of communication. I feel that such a tribute is necessary Indeed, if his work is largely admitted and recognised by all those...

In analyzing the diverse senses of misunderstanding, we may, more precisely, envision that such a phenomenon acts as an instrument of manipulation. If the scale of misunderstanding is great, leading from a simple interpretive error to a complete reversal of meaning, what is the most intriguing...