Communication Environment: Context/Situation/Framework

Abstract:

The study explores the relationship between the communication behavior and the environment in which it takes place. Meta-analytical approach shows that, in general, the environment has an impact on the communication behavior: any communication behavior is contextualized, is subject to the environment. In an operational taxonomy there are three different specific types of communication environment: the generic context, the specific situation and the special framework. It follows that in relation to communication behavior, the communication environment induces shared influences:

a) the generic context defines a wide spectrum of optional communication behavior,

b) the specific situation determines a set of communication behaviors, and

c) the framework requires the choice of a behavior for a narrow set of communication behaviors relatively standardized.