In this essay, we set forth the theory of communicative (dis)enfranchisement (TCD). The TCD is useful for exploring the ramifications of the hegemonic ideologies which constrain and afford our everyday lives, and which are constructed and reflected in disenfranchising talk (DT). The TCD also asks what communication mechanisms work to reify and resist these hegemonic ideologies. We first introduce the warrant for this theorizing, then overview the assumptions of critical postmodernism and propositions of the TCD. We offer guidance for using the TCD via example research questions, suitable contexts, methodological tools, and conclusions researchers can potentially render. We offer criteria for evaluating the TCD regarding its consistency with critical postmodernism, utility as a heuristic framework, and capacity for claims-making. We respond to potential critiques of the TCD by distinguishing the TCD from six related bodies of communication theorizing, and by addressing the purported opaqueness of critical theorizing. Finally, we offer an example analysis to illustrate the TCD in research practice.

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交往（剥夺）权利理论：介绍、解释和应用

在本文中，我们提出了交往（剥夺）选举权（TCD）理论。TCD 对于探索霸权意识形态的影响非常有用，这些意识形态限制并支撑着我们的日常生活，并在剥夺公民权的言论（DT）中构建和反映。TCD 还询问什么沟通机制可以具体化和抵制这些霸权意识形态。我们首先介绍这一理论的依据，然后概述批判后现代主义的假设和 TCD 的主张。我们通过示例研究问题、合适的背景、方法工具和研究人员可能得出的结论来提供 TCD 的使用指南。我们提供了评估 TCD 的标准，包括其与批判后现代主义的一致性、作为启发式框架的实用性以及提出主张的能力。我们通过将 TCD 与传播理论化的六个相关机构区分开来回应对 TCD 的潜在批评，并解决所谓的批评理论化的不透明性。最后，我们提供了一个实例分析来说明TCD在研究实践中的应用。