Notes about common sense and academic knowledge

Bertrand Cabedoche (1)

1 GRESEC - Groupe de Recherche sur les Enjeux de la Communication

These notes discuss the difference between academic knowledge and "common sense", or the belief that "facts" have meanings that can be taken for granted and that are somehow self-evident. The acquisition of a proper epistemological perspective is indeed the linchpin of any training in media and communication studies (and more in general, in social sciences).

Mots clés: common sense; academic knowledge; media and communication studies; pedagogy

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Bertrand Cabedoche. Notes about common sense and academic knowledge. Simone Tosoni, Nico Carpentier, Fausto Colombo and all. Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe. Interventions and Intersections, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Press, pp. 201-205, 2017. ⟨hal-02021614⟩