Title

When Norms are Violated: Imagined Interactions as Processing and Coping Mechanisms

Authors

Kristen M. Berkos, Bryant University
Terre H. AllenFollow
Patricia Kearney
Timothy G. Plax

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published by National Communication Association in Communication Monographs Volume 68, Issue 3, pages 289-300.

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Keywords

Norm Violation;Imagined Interactions;Coping Mechanisms

Publisher

National Communication Association

Publication Source

Communication Monographs

Abstract

Presents a study which examined the receivers' symbolic cognitive process in response to particular types of norm violations. Definition of several violation theories; How imagined interactions affect the symbolic information processing of receivers; Analysis of the reliance of students on imagined or real interactions to norm violating teachers.