The Interactional View of Paul Watzlawick

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The Interactional Viewof Paul Watzlawick

• Chapter 13 of Em Griffins
• A First Look at Communication Theory

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Interactional View
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• Axiom 1 One cannot not Communicate
• Axiom 2 Human Beings Communicate both Digitally
  and Analogically

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• Axiom 3 Communication Content Relationship

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• Axiom 4 Punctuation of the Communication Sequence

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• Axiom 5 All Communication is either Symmetrical
  or Complementary

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Content
Relationship
Communication
Metacommunication