In the social sciences, we often face normative questions, not least because many areas of inquiry intersect with public policy. Understanding and explaining media and communications is one task, deciding how communication systems should be organized quite another, but normative analysis receives scant attention. This article explores normative analysis: what is involved in answering questions about justice and communication, about how sociopolitical and indeed communicative arrangements ought to be organized.

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传播领域的规范分析：为什么要区分传播手段和正义的目的

在社会科学中，我们经常面临规范性问题，尤其是因为许多研究领域与公共政策相交。理解和解释媒体和传播是一项任务，决定传播系统应该如何组织则是另一回事，但规范分析很少受到关注。本文探讨规范性分析：在回答有关正义和交流的问题时涉及什么，关于应该如何组织社会政治和交流安排。