James W. Carey saw a tension between two views of communication in John Dewey’s work: a transmission view which takes communication as transmission of messages for the control of distance and people, and a ritual view which conceives communication as constructing and maintaining a cultural world. This article shows how Dewey may be seen to apply both views in analysing two complementary aspects of communication. It points out how Dewey’s naturalistic perspectives on culture and meaning provide a basis for his analysis and have affinities with Carey’s cultural approach to communication. The article further considers Dewey’s analysis through Carey’s critical reminder that models of communication serve both as representations and as guidance for action. Finally, Dewey’s and Carey’s approaches are contrasted by focusing on their epistemological and ontological underpinnings.

詹姆斯·W·凯里在约翰·杜威的作品中看到了两种传播观之间的张力：传播观将传播视为控制距离和人的信息传递，以及将传播视为构建和维护文化世界的仪式观。本文展示了如何看待杜威在分析交流的两个互补方面时应用这两种观点。它指出杜威关于文化和意义的自然主义观点如何为他的分析提供基础，并与凯里的文化交流方法有相似之处。本文通过凯里的批判性提醒进一步考虑了杜威的分析，即沟通模型既可以作为表现形式，也可以作为行动指南。最后，