The communicative imagination and its cultivation

David E. Engen

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The present essay argues that the cultivation of a communicative imagination should be a primary objective in the undergraduate communication curriculum. The essay begins by exploring and defining what is meant by the term communicative imagination. It then examines the role complex and challenging narratives can play in helping our students cultivate their communicative imaginations and, in so doing, prepare themselves for effective and humane participation in their increasingly complex social worlds.

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