Embodied Cognition in Communication Science

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce W Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
Situate Knowledge ◽  
Sensorimotor Systems

Abstract Communication science is primarily based on traditional disembodied theories of cognition that inform much of the field's research endeavors. However, recent theories of embodied cognition that situate knowledge acquisition and attitude formation processes in our sensorimotor systems have challenged traditional amodal assumptions. While an embodied perspective is embraced in communication research related to virtual reality (VR), it has not been widely adopted in other areas of communication science. In this article, I (a) introduce and review relevant embodied cognition scholarship from various fields, (b) explicate embodiment in social interactions and language, (c) discuss embodied mental simulation, imagery, and visualization, (d) briefly present ways in which embodiment is currently being used to inform contemporary communication research related to VR, (e) explain how embodied mental simulation can be incorporated with traditional communication models, and (f) conclude with a call for nuanced theorizing and triangulated empirical support for communication theory with an embodied perspective.

scholarly journals A New Research Agenda for Project Management Communication Theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Brantley
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Communication Complexity ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Complexity Leadership ◽  
New Research ◽  
Complex Responsive Processes ◽  
Complexity Theories

<p>Based on an analysis of 272 peer-reviewed articles on project management communication, the authors found that only four percent of the articles advanced project management communication toward a better contemporary understanding of the complexity of communication. The authors posit that project management communication research needs a new research agenda based on complex responsive processes of relating. The new research agenda proposal comprises three major areas of study: emotional intelligence; communication complexity theories; and complexity leadership. Adopting the new project management communication research agenda will help establish more effective communication tools and methods for project management practitioners while providing new research opportunities for communication scholars.</p>

Enabling Multilingual Social Interactions and Fostering Language Learning in Virtual Worlds

2011 ◽  
pp. 665-685
Author(s):  
Samuel Cruz-Lara ◽  
Tarik Osswald ◽  
Jean-Pierre Camal ◽  
Nadia Bellalem ◽  
Lotfi Bellalem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Global Perspective

In order to enhance interoperability between virtual worlds, applications, and corpora, it is obvious that standards should come into place. This is the main goal of MLIF and, on a more global perspective, of the Metaverse1 project. In this paper, we study social interactions in virtual worlds, present some cues to facilitate them, and describe the empirical support that we developed for these theories. We also present a few methods for fostering language learning in virtual worlds, and we explain how we have implemented some of them.

Communication in Palliative Nursing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Wittenberg ◽  
Joy V. Goldsmith ◽  
Sandra L. Ragan ◽  
Terri Ann Parnell
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Communication Challenges ◽  
Clinical Tools

Communication in Palliative Nursing presents the COMFORT Model, a theoretically-grounded and empirically-based model of palliative care communication. Built on over a decade of communication research with patients, families, and interdisciplinary providers, and reworked based on feedback from hundreds of nurses nationwide, the chapters outline a revised COMFORT curriculum: Connect, Options, Making Meaning, Family caregivers, Openings, Relating, and Team communication. Based on a narrative approach to communication, which addresses communication skill development, this volume teaches nurses to consider a universal model of communication that aligns with the holistic nature of palliative care. This work moves beyond the traditional and singular view of the nurse as patient and family educator, to embrace highly complex communication challenges present in palliative care—namely, providing care and comfort through communication at a time when patients, families, and nurses themselves are suffering. In light of the vast changes in the palliative care landscape and the increasingly pivotal role of nurses in advancing those changes, this second edition provides an evidence-based approach to the practice of palliative nursing. This book integrates communication theory and health literacy constructs throughout, and provides clinical tools and teaching resources to help nurses enhance their own communication and create comfort for themselves, as well as for patients and their families.

scholarly journals ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
Krynychko Liliia Krynychko Liliia ◽  
Vatanov Andrii Vatanov Andrii
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Communicative Space ◽  
Care System

The article identifies approaches to communication models and the formation of communication theory considers modern theories and communication models as a basis for the formation of public administration decisions in the health care system. Approaches to the essence of communications in public administration are described. The views of domestic and foreign scholars on the composition of communication functions in public administration are studied. Information flows in public administration are classified. Elements of the information and communication system of public administration in the field of health care have been studied. The levels of information and communication system of public administration of the health care system are analyzed. Keywords: information and communication relations, public administration, health care system, communication, communicative space, communicator, communicator.

The strong versions of embodied cognition: Three challenges faced

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Khatin-Zadeh ◽  
Zahra Eskandari ◽  
Sergio Cervera-Torres ◽  
Susana Ruiz-Fernandez ◽  
Reza Farzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Context Dependency ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sensory Processes ◽  
Concrete Concepts

The aim of this article is to discuss three challenges to the so-called “strong” versions of embodiment. The strong versions of embodied cognition (SVEC) have been successful in explaining how concrete concepts (e.g., pencil) may be understood based on sensory processes, yet they have failed to offer a comprehensive understanding of abstract concepts (e.g., freedom). In this regard, this article pinpoints three areas where the SVEC face limitations. First, the SVEC fail to fully support the active or passive perspective that an agent may assume when processing abstract concepts via embodied metaphorical representations. Second, the SVEC do not offer a compelling explanation for three different types of mental simulation proposed for the representation of non-actual motion semantics: enactive perception, perceptual scanning, and imagination. Third, the SVEC fail to account for inter-individual, cross-cultural, and context-dependency in the representation of abstract concepts. To summarize, we argue that the findings from the SVEC should be integrated into broader “weak” embodiment theoretical perspectives, which propose that sensory-motor and modality-independent systems are involved in conceptual representations. Finally, we discuss the implications of our core argument in cognitive neuroscience.

Doing Applied Organizational Communication Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Jody Jahn
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Transmission Model ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Engagement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Firefighter Safety ◽  
Organization Communication

Over the past several decades, organizational communication has embraced rich theoretical understandings for organization, communication and the interface between the two. Yet, as our theories have become richer and more complex, they have also become increasingly difficult to “sell” to applied audiences that often assume a “transmission” model of communication. This chapter describes challenges I have faced while applying organizational communication theory to issues related to wildland firefighter safety. I propose that a key challenge of applied organizational communication research is transforming what it means for organizational managers to think communicatively. This requires uncovering the organization's research engagement history and trajectory, encountering and working with organization members' assumptions about organization and communication, and identifying and working with pivot points that can help organization members approach problems using communication lenses.

Happiness and Social Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1111-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Quoidbach ◽  
Maxime Taquet ◽  
Martin Desseilles ◽  
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye ◽  
James J. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Social Partner

It is often assumed that there is a robust positive symmetrical relationship between happiness and social behavior: Social relationships are viewed as essential to happiness, and happiness is thought to foster social relationships. However, empirical support for this widely held view is surprisingly mixed, and this view does little to clarify which social partner a person will be motivated to interact with when happy. To address these issues, we monitored the happiness and social interactions of more than 30,000 people for a month. We found that patterns of social interaction followed the hedonic-flexibility principle, whereby people tend to engage in happiness-enhancing social relationships when they feel bad and sustain happiness-decreasing periods of solitude and less pleasant types of social relationships that might promise long-term payoff when they feel good. These findings demonstrate that links between happiness and social behavior are more complex than often assumed in the positive-emotion literature.

scholarly journals Communication Models in Human–Robot Interaction: An Asymmetric MODel of ALterity in Human–Robot Interaction (AMODAL-HRI)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Anna Frijns ◽  
Oliver Schürer ◽  
Sabine Theresia Koeszegi
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Cognitive Architectures ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Asymmetric Model ◽  
Communication Models

AbstractWe argue for an interdisciplinary approach that connects existing models and theories in Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) to traditions in communication theory. In this article, we review existing models of interpersonal communication and interaction models that have been applied and developed in the contexts of HRI and social robotics. We argue that often, symmetric models are proposed in which the human and robot agents are depicted as having similar ways of functioning (similar capabilities, components, processes). However, we argue that models of human–robot interaction or communication should be asymmetric instead. We propose an asymmetric interaction model called AMODAL-HRI (an Asymmetric MODel of ALterity in Human–Robot Interaction). This model is based on theory on joint action, common robot architectures and cognitive architectures, and Kincaid’s model of communication. On the basis of this model, we discuss key differences between humans and robots that influence human expectations regarding interacting with robots, and identify design implications.

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Media and Mass Communication Theory and Research: Positionality, Integrative Research, and Public Scholarship

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1(28)) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
Mark Deuze
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
Integrative Research ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Mass Communication Theory

In this essay I intend to tell a story of media studies and mass communication research as a field, based on the work of the late Denis McQuail – and that of editing the new edition of his seminal handbook McQuail’s Media and Mass Communication Theory (McQuail & Deuze, 2020). Using McQuail’s historical storytelling method, I specifically look at the challenge for the field in the context of a global pandemic alongside an infodemic, at a time when the whole world faces the consequences of recurrent lockdowns, social distancing measures, and institutional pressures to stay at home. Media studies and (mass) communication research, while having a distinct narrative, as a field has only just begun to articulate its relevance to society – we have only just started to tell our story. Using developments in understanding the self as a research tool, the implementation of integrative research designs, and calls for engaged and public scholarship, the paper outlines challenges and opportunities for what we can do with our field.

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