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Comm Theory - Narrative Paradigm

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phatic communication   communication aimed at maintaining relationships rather than passing along information or saying something new  
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narration   symbolic actions - words &/or deeds - that have sequence and meaning for those who live, create, or interpret them  
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paradigm   a conceptual framework; a universal model that calls for people to view events through a common interpretive lens  
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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  
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narrative paradigm   a theoretical framework that views narrative as the basis of all human communication  
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narrative rationality   a way to evaluate the worth of stories based on the twin standards of narrative coherence and narrative fidelity  
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narrative coherence   internal consistency with characters acting in a reliable fashion; the story hangs together  
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narrative fidelity   congruence between values embedded in a message and what listeners regard as truthful and humane; the story strikes a responsive chord  
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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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