Despite calls to integrate critical theory into interpersonal communication research over the past 25 years, and despite the considerable influence of critical theory in other communication subdisciplines, critical interpersonal communication research remains limited. I argue that poststructural theory, and specifically a Foucauldian orientation toward discourse and power, can provide scholars of interpersonal communication a novel yet disciplinarily grounded avenue for future critical empirical research. By providing a roadmap that traverses the history of critical thought in interpersonal communication, redirects key vocabulary, offers avenues for integrating critical theory into empirical research, and emphasizes pathways of critical qualitative inquiry, I contend that the subdiscipline of interpersonal communication will be enriched through attention to power in the discursive constitution of identities and relationships.

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批判的实证人际传播研究在哪里？未来探讨话语和权力的路线图

尽管在过去的 25 年里呼吁将批判理论融入人际传播研究，并且尽管批判理论在其他传播子学科中产生了相当大的影响，但批判性人际传播研究仍然有限。我认为后结构理论，特别是福柯对话语和权力的取向，可以为人际交往的学者提供一条新颖但有纪律基础的途径，用于未来的批判性实证研究。通过提供一个路线图，穿越人际交往中批判性思想的历史，重新定向关键词汇，提供将批判性理论整合到实证研究中的途径，并强调批判性定性调查的途径，