Face-to-Face Interaction by Starkey Duncan Donald W. Fiske

Author:Starkey Duncan, Donald W. Fiske [Starkey Duncan, Donald W. Fiske]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Media Studies
ISBN: 9781317338772
Google: erTMCgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-23T02:49:39+00:00

Rules

Although the object of this study is often referred to in the literature as that of "rule-governed behavior" or the like, it may be seen that rules per se make up only one aspect of the turn system. Other aspects such as signals, and participant and interaction states have been considered above, and further aspects are introduced below.

The term "rule" will be used here somewhat broadly to refer to any statement describing the hypothesized relationship between two or more elements of the turn system. For example, a rule may relate a given signal by a participant to a given state of that participant; or a rule may describe the effect of one signal upon some other signal when both are concurrently switched on; or a rule may describe the hypothesized relationship between a signal by one participant and some subsequent action by the partner.

In general, there is not extensive discussion of the various senses in which the term "rule" will be used. Furthermore, rules are simply described in words, without formal notation. This relatively informal approach to a potentially complex set of phenomena in face-to-face interaction is motivated by the judgment that further research in this area is needed before the statement of rules becomes highly formalized, as well as by the desire to avoid excessive jargon.

However, there is one distinction regarding types of rules that seems desirable to make for the purpose of clarity. Signal-definition rules will be distinguished from interaction rules. A signal-definition rule will describe the relationship between (a) a given signal; and (b) either a turn-system state, or another signal. Interaction rules will describe permissible sequences of action within the turn system, given (a) the currently active signal(s); and in some cases (b) certain preceding moves by one or both participants.

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