Daniel and Smitherman’s framework interprets call-and-response, holism, spiritual diunitality, and polyrhythm as interacting cultural dynamics that can organize participatory communication. It helps examine mismatched norms without classifying people by race, requiring every feature in every exchange, or assuming a uniform African American style across settings.
- FamilyModel
- CategoryAnalytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
- DomainAcross Cultures
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Analytical Frameworks, Typologies & Heuristics
Organizes dimensions, distinctions, types or questions so that a situation can be examined systematically. A framework supplies structure, a typology distinguishes forms, and a heuristic offers a usable way to orient judgment.