Prediction and Conjecture in Communicative Behavior

Examination of range of domain-specific communicative conjectures. In advertising, conjectural dimensions of communication play central role in structuring historical development of strategies and innovations. Examination of phenomenon of resistance and introduction of concept of communicative potential. In entertainment, examination of cognitive processes of viewpoint projection, playful exploration of new forms of interaction, and investigation of development of heuristics for creatively constraining searches in infinite possibility spaces. In education, consideration of dynamics of student and instructor dialogically developing conjectural plans for guiding student cost-effectively into productive new spaces of learning. In context of television news and other forms of broadcast communication, examination of role of verbal and non-verbal signals in opening and closing conjectural discursive spaces.

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