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Meta-communication

Meta-communication is a secondary communication (including indirect cues) about how a piece of information is meant to be interpreted. It is based on the idea that the same message accompanied by different meta-communication can mean something entirely different, including its opposite, as in irony. The term was brought to prominence by Gregory Bateson…

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Metamessage

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Meta-communication

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples12
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Meta-communication

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related to Meta-language and logic · 11
Meta-communication → Alfred Tarski, For, Frits Staal, German, In, Indian, It, Polish, Russell's, Staal, Western
is a · 1
Meta-communication → secondary communication

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communication metacommunication bateson theory concept bell dogs message term including context metamessage function ringing salivate language information different something gregory

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Meta-communicationis asecondary communication0.90text
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicIn0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicFrits Staal0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicWestern0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicIndian0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicStaal0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicGerman0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicPolish0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicAlfred Tarski0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicRussell's0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicFor0.60section
Meta-communicationrelated to Meta-language and logicIt0.60section

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