Listening and Message Interpretation

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Title: Listening and Message Interpretation
Language: English
Authors: Edwards, Renee
Source: International Journal of Listening. 2011 25(1-2):47-65.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2011
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Content Analysis, Information Theory, Receptive Language, Listening, Models, Cues, Figurative Language, Extraversion Introversion, Listening Skills, Investigations
DOI: 10.1080/10904018.2011.536471
ISSN: 1090-4018
Abstract: Message interpretation, the notion that individuals assign meaning to stimuli, is related to listening presage, listening process, and listening product. As a central notion of communication, meaning includes (a) denotation and connotation, and (b) content and relational meanings, which can vary in ambiguity and vagueness. Past research on message interpretation, using primarily written scenarios, has identified individual, sociocultural, and contextual factors such as personality, sex and gender, and equivocation that influence interpretation. This analysis recommends that treatments of listening highlight the role of interpretation and that investigations of message interpretation consider nonverbal cues and the demands of interaction management that exist in interactive listening situations. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 61
Entry Date: 2011
Accession Number: EJ914547
Database: ERIC
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