The Logic of Message Design: Individual Differences in Reasoning about Communication.

O'Keefe, Barbara J.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ368694

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

The Logic of Message Design: Individual Differences in Reasoning about Communication.

O'Keefe, Barbara J.

Communication Monographs, v55 n1 p80-103 Mar 1988

Offers models of three message design logics--expressive, conventional, and rhetorical--as alternatives to the premises and beliefs of ends to means reasoning. Describes a general method of message analysis based on these models, which is exemplified in a study of messages used in addressing a regulative communication task. (MM)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Interpersonal Communication, Management Systems, Models, Organizational Communication, Speech Communication, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A