Showing papers by "Joseph N. Cappella published in 1979"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the literature relevant to talk and silence sequences in informal social conversations in terms of individual consistency in talk and silent across and within conversations, and the factors which can modify the change in the behaviour of the participants in the conversations.
Abstract: The literature relevant to talk and silence sequences in informal social conversations is reviewed in terms of individual consistency in talk and silence across and within conversations, the factors which can modify talk and silence consistencies, and the influence of partners’ talk and silence behaviors on the other's response The review leads to the postulation of four models of talk-silence sequences of increasing complexity and decreasing parsimony The Markov model describes within-conversation sequences; the Independent Decision (ID) model describes across-conversation sequences under the assumptions of perfect consistency and independence of action; the Incremental model relaxes the consistency assumption of the ID model; the Regulation model relaxes both assumptions of the ID model, incorporating the possibility of mutual influence between partners rather than independence
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TL;DR: This report describes a hardware and software system, FIASSCO, that collects, stores, and analyzes two- person separate-channel audio-recorded conversations for various indices of talk and silence.
Abstract: The study of simple talk and silence indices that characterize conversation is limited by the costly, “labor-intensive” character of data collection and analysis. In the face of results demonstrating the significance of these data in interpersonal judgments (Hayes & Meltzer, 1972; Lustig, Note 1), more efficient collection, storage, and analysis methods are required. This report describes a hardware and software system, FIASSCO, that collects, stores, and analyzes two-person separate-channel audio-recorded conversations for various indices of talk and silence. Data output are both continuous and discrete measures in time sequence. Further, data on the validity and reliability of FIASSCO output are provided along with sample analyses of computer results.
25 citations