Rhythm in Communication LO23556

rbacal@escape.ca
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:28:46 -0600

Replying to LO23535 --

On 9 Dec 99, at 3:02, Bruno Martins Soares wrote:

> If we have a system of communication, where we are trying to create
> movement within the other person's bag of concepts, our best hope of
> avoiding chaos, of controlling the movement, is to control the rhythm so
> that the movement/reasoning we are emiting is in harmony with the
> movement/reasoning the other person is able to process. Thus getting a
> higher chance of communicating.

You may want to look around for something on syntonics, or grab a book or
two authored by Suzette Haden Elgin, who talks about that although I can't
recall spefically which ones of her books. There are a few listed in the
conflict section at: http://book.work911.com

While the work is mostly related to face to face, you might find some
ideas applied to the writing process.

Great topic though.

> This is interesting within the study of writing. For instance, if we get a
> certain amount of information and we can choose between formating it as a
> note/memo or a report, we must observe that the rhythm/speed of a memo is
> much faster than that of a report. Thus the rhythm of processing of the
> reader can be much slower when reading a report and get much higher level
> of understanding even if the language of the memo is clearer than the
> report's.

Concepts I worked with earlier in my career had to do with pacing and
rhythm in speaking to groups. That there was a conceptual pace (the
cognitive demands made upon the audience by the content), and a delivery
pace or a stimulus variation pace, which refers to the number and nature
of the mechanisms put in place to keep attention. We worked out optimal
rhythms for presentation.

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