What Silence Says
Communicative Style and Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5813056 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Piibi-Kai Kivik (0000-0001-8084-9845) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-66 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514 |
| Publisher | Estonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.3176/tr.1998.1.05 |
| OpenAlex | W4319312241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
Silence as used in interpersonal communication can be regarded an aspect of communicative style.Because of its ambiguity, silence is a rich medium of communication, but at the same time has a high potential for miscommunication, especially in intercultural encounters.The role of silence in Estonian communicative style is explored against the background of research in cross-cultural communication and a comparative study of attitudes towards silence in communication (conducted among Estonian and Canadian students as well as North American students visiting in Estonia).Attitudes towards silence in conversation are linked to dimensions of culture and constructs in social psychology.The relationship between changes in national identity and communicative style is examined.The use and appreciation of silence is identified as a valuable resource for both communication and identity, and in need of recognition by professional communicators.Changes in society are inevitably accompanied by changes in how people interact, in their communicative behaviour (style).Communicative style can be explored from the two interrelated aspects of interaction and identity.These may be specified as intercultural communication and national/ethnic identity when focussing on a nationality or ethnic group.On the one hand, communication with interactants from different cultural backgrounds supplies knowledge about potential sources for the miscommunication that stems from discrepancies in the communicative behaviour of the two parties (and, not less significantly, offers information about the similarities that enhance mutual understanding).On the other hand, the culturally determined characteristics of communicative style may have implications for understanding and developing national identity.For the Estonia of recent years international, and thus intercultural, communication has opened up vastly, the society and national identity have passed through transformations.Values, attitudes and beliefs have changed at a fast pace (cf.Lauristin and Vihalemm 1997).While Estonians are striving to
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |