When the discipline of communication was established, the structuralfunctionalism, represented by Colombia School, was chosen as the research paradigm instead of that stood for by Chicago School.
传播学学科建立之初，选择了以哥伦比亚学派为代表的结构功能主义而不是芝加哥学派的传播研究范式。
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Finally, this paper claims that the most magnificent application of this research maybe appear in the field of structuralfunctionalism, which is a branch of sociology.
最后，论文指出该研究最宏大的应用可能出现在“结构功能主义”这一社会学流派中。
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Merton thinks that the essential of the reward system in science is peer recognition. Its root comes from the paradigm of structuralfunctionalism and the mindset of "society in science".