Archive: ICA 2014: Tarde v. Durkheim Debate (w/Cooren, Dayan)

Under the direction of Elihu Katz, sociologists Francois Cooren and Daniel Dayan take up the roles of the field's founders--Gabriel Tarde and Émile Durkheim, respectively--and debate the definition of a social act. The debate is part of a presentation at the annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, held in Seattle in 2014. To learn more about the ICA: http://www.icahdq.org/ The reenactment was filmed and edited courtesy of the UW Department of Communication: http://www.com.washington.edu