“Marginal Man”Starts Again: Reconstruction of the Theory and Its Dialogue with Communication

GAO Guofei; LV Leping

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2) : 61-77.

Communication Research

“Marginal Man”Starts Again: Reconstruction of the Theory and Its Dialogue with Communication

GAO Guofei ,
LV Leping

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On the basis of deconstructing and reconstructing the theory of marginal man which is traced back to sociology, this paper tries to promote a dialogue between this theory and communication. Firstly, based on the concept of marginal man proposed by Park, later perfected and refined by other scholars, this paper introduces the concept of “uncertainty”and Rollo May’s theory of “anxiety”, and combines with relevant cases, trying to deconstruct marginal situation and marginal personality, and reconstruct the relationship between them from the perspective of individuals. At the same time, this paper discusses some possible dialogues between “marginal man”and communication-related issues, hoping to attract the attention of communication scholars to this theory and stimulate more research perspectives and ideas.

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Marginal man / intercultural communication / uncertainty / identity / networked individualism

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GAO Guofei , LV Leping. “Marginal Man”Starts Again: Reconstruction of the Theory and Its Dialogue with Communication[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2021, 43(2): 61-77

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Footnotes

1. 同曼恩的观点类似，本文不否认存在群体/关系之外的提供积极不确定性或导致消极不确定性的其他来源，但是以“公众意见”形式出现的精神层面的不确定性基本全部来源于群体/关系。

2. 积极不确定性既可以从个体自身角度，也可以从群体中其他人的角度出发来看。某些对群体中其他人来说事关根本存在的事物，对个体来说可能无关紧要，因此谈不上不确定性（不确定性定义中已规定了其事关个体根本存在），但即便是他人角度的积极不确定性，如果个体无法得到，也会造成该层面的边缘情境。

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