Abstract
Seductive interaction is here analyzed as a flexible plurality of
behavioral patterns, corresponding to the variety of communicative intentions:
exhibition, approaching the partner, deepening reciprocal knowledge, and
reaching of a level of intimacy. The attention is moved from a structural
analysis in which seduction is described as a timed flow of interactions
characterized by different “steps”, to a complementary approach which analyzes
the communicative seductive behavior in each phase and shows some of the
time-related dimensions, such as sequence, frequency, synchronization and
simultaneity, which are required to describe seductive communication
behavioral patterns. It particularly makes it possible to analyze the connections
between different systems of expression (verbal and nonverbal) and to describe
several seductive strategies of obliquity and to disguise tactical communication,
which are defined as miscommunication forms. These communicative strategies
– paradoxical exhibition, forms of discursive obliquity, the multimodal message
and nonverbal synchronization - are based on the “undefined content” of the
message. It is because of this that seductive communication is tantalizing,
leaving much to the partner’s imagination and promising her more than she has
already seen. Moreover, the fact that the content is “undefined” allows the
content itself to be adapted and modified to best suit the situation, thus lessening
the risk of being too invasive and of being rejected. Secondly, it is shown how
these strategies are carried out concentrating on the “undefined form” of the
message, or rather, on the synergy between different expressive signals which
make up the message.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Say not to say, new perspectives on miscommunication |
Editor | MARIA RITA CICERI, Luigi Anolli, GIUSEPPE RIVA |
Pagine | 101-115 |
Numero di pagine | 15 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2002 |
Keywords
- NON VERBAL
- SEDUCTION