On the Phubbing Phenomenon from the Perspective of Communicative Action Theory.docVIP

On the Phubbing Phenomenon from the Perspective of Communicative Action Theory 　　Abstract：The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death，but，when I am in front of you，you are playing mobile phone.It humorously reveals a pervasive phenomenon of the current society―phubbing phenomenon.This paper tried to analyze this phenomenon from the perspective of communicative action theory and offered some advice，hoping to facilitate normal communication among people and reduce the accidents caused by phubbing. 　　Key words：Phubbing；Communicative Action Theory 　　1.Introduction 　　Lately，it’s reported that a 28-year young woman from Wenzhou fell into river and drowned to death because she was playing phone while she was walking！ Nowadays，Phubbing is seen easily almost everywhere.They seem reluctant to talk with people around and just lay down heads and play phones.It really needs serious attention！ 　　Phubbing phenomenon is actually over-dependence on tool rationality.Therefore，I decided to analyze it from the perspective of Habermas’s communicative action theory. 　　2.Communicative Action Theory 　　With the overexpansion of tool rationality and loss of value in western society，Habermas put forward the communicative action theory.It proposes that people communicate with each other freely and equally with language to achieve mutual understanding and reach an agreement. 　　He classified social behavior into four categories： goal behavior；regulating behavior；dramatic behavior；communicative action.Communicative action takes language as medium.Only communicative action requires people keep the truth，justice，and sincerity of their statements at the same time.Habermas thought that communicative action was more rational than other social behaviors. 　　Habermas put forward the social structure model―life world and system.Life world mainly consists of culture，individuality and social order.System refers to the material level such as the politic and economic system.I