Equivocal Communication (SAGE Series in Interpersonal Communication)

By Janet Beavin Bavelas, Nicole Chovil, Alex Black

Book Overview

Equivocation, non-straightforward communication which includes messages that are ambiguous, indirect, contradictory or evasive, is highlighted as an important phenomenon in this volume. The authors show how equivocation can be measured with a scaling method that offers an objective assessment of the amount and kind of equivocation that exist in a message and which can be used in a variety of research programmes. Several hundred experiments, with a wide range of subjects - from children to politicians - support the theory that equivocations occur only in situations where all direct messages would lead to negative consequences, and that communication is dependent more on situations than on individuals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803929420
• ISBN13: 9780803929425
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 5.8"