One Cannot Not Communicate proposes that behavior in an interactional situation can have communicative consequences without deliberate message production. Silence or withdrawal may become cues, while their meaning remains uncertain and must be checked rather than treated as proof of intention or understanding.
- FamilyModel
- Category of its source unitTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainConversation & Relationships
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
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.