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Narrative Paradigm
Comm Theory - Narrative Paradigm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| phatic communication | communication aimed at maintaining relationships rather than passing along information or saying something new |
| narration | symbolic actions - words &/or deeds - that have sequence and meaning for those who live, create, or interpret them |
| paradigm | a conceptual framework; a universal model that calls for people to view events through a common interpretive lens |
| rational-world paradigm | a scientific or philosophical approach to knowledge that assumes people are logical, making decisions on the basis of evidence and lines of argument |
| narrative paradigm | a theoretical framework that views narrative as the basis of all human communication |
| narrative rationality | a way to evaluate the worth of stories based on the twin standards of narrative coherence and narrative fidelity |
| narrative coherence | internal consistency with characters acting in a reliable fashion; the story hangs together |
| narrative fidelity | congruence between values embedded in a message and what listeners regard as truthful and humane; the story strikes a responsive chord |
| ideal audience | an actual community existing over time that believes in the values of truth, goodness, beauty, health, wisdom, courage, temperance, justice, harmony, order, communion, friendship, and oneness with the cosmos |
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