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How important is civic engagement for public transportation communication?

Asdourian, Bruno ; Zimmerli, Virginie

In: Strategic communication for non-profit organisations, 2016, p. 239-266

The communication between users of digital media and public or non-profit organization involved into an open data policy are represented through a democratic way with upwards and downward flows; implying an evolving participation of citizens and a progressive openness of a company’s database. Under this perspective, various tasks have been employed. The mission of this paper is to define and...

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Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game

Bjedov, Tjasa ; Madiès, Thierry ; Villeval, Marie Claire

In: Economic Inquiry, 2016, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 1519-1540

We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test experimentally whether individuals can avoid a head-to-head confrontation by means of coordinated strategies. In particular we analyze whether and how quickly a conflict-avoidance take turn strategy can emerge. First, our results show that players learn to solve the conflict by...

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Multilingual communication

Berthele, Raphael

In: Verbal Communication, 2016, p. 429-446

Verbal communication involving more than one language is widespread, both historically and geographically. This chapter provides an overview of multilingual ‘regimes’ of communication, covering different phenomena such as lingua franca communication or receptive multilingualism. The chapter discusses the consequences of multilingual language use as an institutionalized pattern for individual...

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Téléphone et coordination des soins intensifs à l’hôpital

Vaucher, Carla ; González Martínez, Esther

In: La revue de l'infirmière, 2015, no. 208, p. 38-39

Telephone and coordination of intensive care in hospital. The telephone is a central tool for the coordination of care in hospitals between the general wards and intensive care. Calls are short and frequent. They concern a wide variety of issues handled in parallel with other activities. This research, carried out by a Swiss team, examines the practices of telephone communication in...

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Pluralité des langues et des cultures : quatre expériences institutionnelles, une même quête d’équilibre dans la tension entre égalité et diversité

Ogay, Tania

In: Alterstice, 2012, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 9-16

Comment articuler pluralité des langues et des cultures? Comment assurer la communication entre des interactants aux langues premières et aux références culturelles différentes? Trois contextes institutionnels pratiquant le bilinguisme selon la stratégie de l’intercompréhension sont discutés en regard des questions posées par un quatrième contexte, une association scientifique...

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Communication Accommodation Theory

Giles, Howard ; Ogay, Tania

In: Explaining communication : contemporary theories and exemplars, 2007, p. 293-310

Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) provides a wide-ranging framework aimed at predicting and explaining many of the adjustments individuals make to create, maintain,or decrease social distance in interaction. It explores the different ways in which we accommodate our communication, our motivations for doing so, and the consequences. CAT addresses interpersonal communication issues, yet...