Bhava organizes the states and conditions that make dramatic affect perceptible. Its relation to situation, expression, and convention prevents one isolated cue from carrying the whole interpretation. Contemporary use can examine configurations of signals while leaving claims about private feelings to independent evidence.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitParadigms, Traditions & Metatheories
- DomainMeaning & Clarity
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
Paradigms, Traditions & Metatheories
Provides a broad intellectual perspective within which multiple concepts, theories or investigations are developed. Traditions carry histories and commitments; metatheories examine how theories themselves are organized or related.