The problem of defining the concept of the use of communication technology; From possession to belonging

Abstract

This research paper deals with one of the problems of term and concept in communication and media studies. Where a comprehensive and accurate definition of the concept of use in the recipient's studies is an insistent epistemological requirement, the response to it will allow understanding and finding practical solutions to the problems posed by the use of digital technologies in communication. To achieve this goal, the research depends on the presentation of historical development without linking to chronology, and on the presentation of intellectual development without "loyalty" to a particular current. It concluds that the definition of use is between tow hypotheses ; one assumes control of receiver and the other assumes control of the medium.