Transparency is a god-term. People want it. Calls for it are everywhere. “I’m aiming to be transparent here,” you might hear in everyday conversation. Transparency is supposedly one of the great communication achievements. Or so we tell ourselves. People widely accept the idea that the best communication is transparent. Transparency is one of the most cherished and celebrated ideals and aspirations of contemporary society, seen as central to participation and democracy itself, and a countervailing force and grand solution to nearly all social, political, and relationship ills.
On Communication and Transparency
On Communication and Transparency
On Communication and Transparency
Transparency is a god-term. People want it. Calls for it are everywhere. “I’m aiming to be transparent here,” you might hear in everyday conversation. Transparency is supposedly one of the great communication achievements. Or so we tell ourselves. People widely accept the idea that the best communication is transparent. Transparency is one of the most cherished and celebrated ideals and aspirations of contemporary society, seen as central to participation and democracy itself, and a countervailing force and grand solution to nearly all social, political, and relationship ills.