Boundary objects coordinate work across groups without requiring identical interpretations. Their shared identity must coexist with useful local adaptation and standardized practices. The practical test is whether an artifact supports joint work, including translation and negotiation, rather than merely being visible to several audiences.
- FamilyModel
- CategoryConcepts & Constructs
- DomainOrganization & Structure
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Concepts & Constructs
Delimits an entity, property, relation or condition relevant to understanding communication. Its principal contribution is to clarify what something means, which features constitute it, and how to recognize or distinguish it.