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Symbolic Convergence
Comm Theory - Symbolic Convergence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dramatizing message | imaginative language by a group member describing past, future, or outside events; creative interpretations of there-and-then |
| fantasy chain | a symbolic explosion of lively agreement within a group in response to a member's dramatizing message |
| fantasy | the creative and imaginative shared interpretation of events that fulfills a group's psychological or rhetorical needs |
| fantasy theme | content of the fantasy that has chained out within a group; SCT's basic unit of analysis |
| symbolic cue | an agreed-upon trigger that sets off group members to respond as they did when they first shared the fantasy |
| fantasy type | a cluster of related fantasy themes; greater abstractions incorporating several concrete fantasy themes that exist when shared meaning is taken for granted |
| symbolic convergence | two or more private symbol words incline toward each other, come more closely together, or even overlap; group consciousness, cohesiveness |
| rhetorical vision | a composite drama that catches up large groups of people into a common symbolic reality |
| fantasy theme analysis | a type of rhetorical criticism used to detect fantasy themes and rhetorical visions; the interpretive methodology of SCT |