THIS ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HUMAN LIVING TREATS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING ACCURATE STATEMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE WORLD. LANGUAGE HABITS WHICH MISREPRESENT FACTS OF LIFE ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS LANGUAGE HABITS WHICH PRODUCE "CORRECT-TO-FACT" EVALUATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS. SUBJECTS OF CHAPTERS ARE (1) THE…

This is the report of the third Washington Colloquium on Science and Society. It contains the papers presented by the eight main speakers and the rebuttal and discussion which followed. The theme of the colloquium was "Changing Man in a Changing Environment," and the papers presented aspects of this theme as seen by different specialists…

Interest in the phenomenon of oral communication is rapidly growing in organizations which range in size from giant corporations to small companies. This discussion focuses on practices in and attitudes toward speech training in the advertising industry. Information was gleaned from interviews with the executives of the 25 largest advertising…

Presented is an informal, nontechnical, practical guide to how foundations and their clients may conduct their transactions with the least confusion and the greatest civility and effectiveness. The author supports the freedom of the foundation, but also the freedom of the grantee from interference by the foundation. The abuse of freedom is bound…

This issue of CLIENT (Communication Law Information: Edited Notes by Topic) contains the following features: a recent listing of topics related to telecommunications studies in legal journals; an article by Stuart Brotman on financial self-sufficiency for the public interest communication law movement; a selected annotated bibliography of 1974-75…

A theoretical and practical framework for initiating effective psychological services is presented. This is done through the consideration of the line of authority between administration and staff, a practical assessment of the pitfalls of letting others define the psychologist's role, and a detailed model for managing the referral process. The…

The two words, "communication"--defined as the sharing of experience--and "process"--referred to as the movement of interrelated events or actions toward an identifiable goal--may be usefully viewed together as the goal-oriented combination of variables designed to produce at least a single communicative event. In an organizational setting, the…

This report details the results of a study undertaken to poll high school student opinion on the "Generation Gap." A panel was randomly selected from students in college preparatory courses, in metropolitan areas located in the four main geographical regions of the United States. Replies to the questions were received from 251 students, in 53…

Prevalent among "third force" and other humanistic psychologists is the assertion that "becoming a person" or "self-actualizing" are desirable goals for individuals and for the human race. Major writers such as Rogers and Maslow and their followers have described the high-level humanizing process and have developed techniques for facilitating…

During the past decade, the influence of electronically recorded music and the message it transmits have caused media scholars to reexamine and modify the theories upon which the basic process of communication is dependent. While the five primary functions (source, transmitter, channel, receiver, and destination) remain unchanged, an additional…

The author listed four possible avenues for fostering international relations: individual contacts; letters, tapes, etc.; broadcasts and telecasts; and literature. Literature was described as an excellent means of communication and as a vehicle for creating good will, promoting understanding, and clearing up misconceptions. Several ways is which…

Systematic Desensitization (S. D.) training, which has been successfully used both individually and in small groups to reduce people's communicative anxiety, must eventually be applied in large training groups to be economical and efficient. In large heterogeneous group work, however, it is important to determine the possible detrimental effects…

The change process can be described as a cycle consisting of 5 phases: invention, diffusion, decision, adoption-rejection, and consequences. Poor communication between inventor and user is probably the weakest point in the educational system. Most innovative decisions are made by the school system rather than individual teachers. Characteristics…

Informal communication is an integral part of a university. It is therefore necessary to understand its future role in any restructuring of the university caused by attempts to improve its information systems. Two approaches are proposed to facilitate a clarification of this future role. The first consists of a series of queries designed to define…

The author has reviewed and discussed the separatism existing among vocational, technical, and academic education and between secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. Results are reported of two national surveys to determine the perceptions of key State officials on the status of articulation of secondary and post-secondary…