Argues that the viability of democracy hinges on the quality of communication. (FL)

Describes the role of the semantic therapist in correcting language distortions due to lack of specificity, inaccurate assumptions, and failure to ascribe accurately the characteristics of a person. (RB)

Examines various nonverbal techniques people use in interpersonal communication. (RB)

Presents three basic reactions to the women's liberation movement and suggests all are at least partly the result of miscommunication. (TO)

Defines what it is to be human, according to engineer Alfred Korzybski, who defined humans by what they do as opposed to what they are. States that Korzybski's work led to the development of general semantics. Argues that human survival depends on the ability to organize communication and cooperation, the creation of language, and the…

Considers that Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22" represents an inventory of the major pathologies of thought and communication. Uses excerpts from the novel to show the various communicational maneuvers (such as denying reality, absolute literalness, and circular reasoning) that characterize schizophrenic transactions. (PA)

Argues that for effective drug education to occur students and teachers must learn conditional thinking that takes into account the many situations surrounding the organism's environment. (RB)

Reports on an examination of the annual reports of more than 250 corporations listed among "Fortune Magazine's" top 500. (TO)

Presents a brief sketch of the implications of research into body language and nonverbal communication. (RB)

Outlines four general categories of current communications study, examines the focus of Alfred Korzybski's work in general semantics, and discusses the theories of Kenneth Burke and of Hugh D. Duncan, in whose work the symbolic interactionist position is said to be most cogently pulled together. (GT)

Examines the direct and indirect support for the Whorf hypothesis which states that one thinks in a language and that language shapes what one thinks and perceives. (RB)

Argues that humans respond with suspicion and distrust toward those perceived as others--whether the difference is one of race, sex, religion, or behavior--and those responses are expressed in language. (RB)

Suggests that word bridges--across which meaning is communicated--become more intricate both as the individual's language develops and as the world around him changes and grows. (TO)

Discusses distortion of information processed by the mass media, especially by television. (RB)