Symbolic Convergence Theory

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Across
  1. 6. The last name of the person who developed SCT
  2. 8. creative & imaginative interpretation by a group that meets the groups psychological and/or rhetorical needs
  3. 10. the content of the fantasy that displays the groups meanings & feelings about the event
  4. 11. 2+ private symbol worlds that become closer or combine
  5. 13. this is necessary, but not sufficient for symbolic convergence
  6. 14. one of two traditions of SCT- emphasizes persuasion
Down
  1. 1. drama that creates a common symbolic reality through sharing with large groups
  2. 2. group of similar themes
  3. 3. an agreed upon response to a members dramatizing message that each group member builds upon
  4. 4. imaginative language from a member of the group that describes events outside of the here-and-now
  5. 5. dramatizing messages contain this in the form of puns, wordplay, metaphors, etc.
  6. 7. the trigger that initiates response of group members
  7. 9. according to Bormann, what picks up as a result of excitement toward a fantasy?
  8. 12. one of two traditions of SCT- emphasizes communication truths being discovered by careful observation
  9. 14. fantasy that is shared with a large variety of people