Horizontal Communication links effective access, reciprocal dialogue, and participation in producing and governing communication to needs, rights, and resources. Beltrán’s framework distinguishes being reached from having influence, while allowing justified and contestable asymmetry instead of requiring equal authority or maximal participation in every decision or communication task.
- FamilyModel
- CategoryDoctrines, Principles & Normative Frameworks
- DomainMedia, Publics & Society
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
Doctrines, Principles & Normative Frameworks
Sets out principles or criteria for what should be pursued, considered legitimate or done. Its contribution is evaluative or prescriptive: it gives reasons for judging conduct and arrangements, rather than merely describing their frequency.