SOME DETERMINANTS OF COMMUNICATION ACCURACY

Defines communication accuracy, and discusses various measures of accuracy which have been employed in the research literature. Considered as the dependent variable, accuracy in communication is conceptualized as being determined by 5 sets of independent variables: attributes of the communicator, of the addressee, of the channel, of the communication, or the referent. With these as independent variables, a series of hypotheses is suggested for predicting variations in communication accuracy. For each proposed hypothesis, available research findings are reviewed. (63 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.