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Download full textBurtis, John O. – 1987
Arguing that understanding human interaction requires both a study of symbol use and a study of human action, this paper focuses on one function served by symbolization--fantasizing. Drawing upon the work of R. F. Bales, who identified the sharing of group fantasies as a useful communication function and who observed the process by which group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Fantasy
