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oapen-20.500.12657-794142023-11-15T09:17:26Z Misunderstandings Weizsäcker, Georg Conversational Expectations;Successful Communication;Game Theory;Misunderstandings;Language and Human Interaction;Behavioral Economics bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCA Economic theory & philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCK Behavioural economics What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by beliefs. Thinking about beliefs is suitable for communication analysis because beliefs are well-defined and measurable, allowing to differentiate between successful understandings and their less successful counterparts: misunderstandings. The book describes the theoretical framework and empirical measurements of misunderstandings – written by an economist, but in simple words and using interdisciplinary concepts. The material will benefit students and researchers of behavioural economics and its neighbouring fields, and anyone interested in human language. 2023-11-08T14:45:50Z 2023-11-08T14:45:50Z 2023 book 9781800648814 9781783740512 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/79414 eng application/pdf Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9781805111382.pdf https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0367 Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0367 10.11647/OBP.0367 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781800648814 9781783740512 ScholarLed 136 Cambridge open access
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What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by beliefs. Thinking about beliefs is suitable for communication analysis because beliefs are well-defined and measurable, allowing to differentiate between successful understandings and their less successful counterparts: misunderstandings.
The book describes the theoretical framework and empirical measurements of misunderstandings – written by an economist, but in simple words and using interdisciplinary concepts. The material will benefit students and researchers of behavioural economics and its neighbouring fields, and anyone interested in human language.
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