scholarly journals FEFTY SHADES OF AMBIGUITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Ольга Васильевна Голубева
Keyword(s):  
Universal Property ◽  
Communicative Activities ◽  
Internal Knowledge

Статья посвящена изучению маркеров смысловой неопределённости, которые являются выводимыми имплицитными компонентами значения разной степени конвенциональности. Неопределённость как универсальное свойство связано с языковыми и неязыковыми факторами, но практически всегда обусловлено позицией индивида, который выводит релевантный смысл в процессе познания и общения. The paper covers the markers of ambiguity which are considered to be inferred conventional or non-conventional implicit meaning components. It is asserted that ambiguity as a universal property is influenced by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors but practically always is affected by relevant «internal» knowledge an individual possesses and infers in the process of cognitive and communicative activities.

Going Off Script: Effects of Awe on Memory for Script-Typical and –Irrelevant Narrative Detail

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Francois Danvers ◽  
Michelle N. Shiota
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Final Article ◽  
True False ◽  
Internal Knowledge

People often filter their experience of new events through knowledge they already have, e.g., encoding new events by relying on prototypical event “scripts” at the expense of actual details. Previous research suggests that positive affect often increases this tendency. Three studies assessed whether awe—an emotion elicited by perceived vastness, and thought to promote cognitive accommodation—has the opposite effect, reducing rather than increasing reliance on event scripts. True/false questions on details of a short story about a romantic dinner were used to determine whether awe (1) reduces the tendency to impute script-consistent but false details into memory, and/or (2) promotes memory of unexpected details. Across studies we consistently found support for the first effect; evidence for the second was less consistent. Effects were partially mediated by subjective awe, and independent of other aspects of subjective affect. Results suggest that awe reduces reliance on internal knowledge in processing new events.©American Psychological Association, 2017. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000277

scholarly journals You Don’t Fool Me: On Scams, Scambaiting, Deception, and Epistemological Ambiguity at R/scambait on Reddit

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512110356
Author(s):  
Marta Dynel ◽  
Andrew S. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Potential Shift ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
General Plane ◽  
Communicative Activities ◽  
A Site

With a focus on the online phenomena of scamming and scambaiting, this article explores users’ communicative activities on Reddit’s r/scambait subreddit. Drawing on a representative corpus viewed through grounded theory, we establish the basic categories of posts and then unpack those further to reveal the deceptive practices being undertaken by both scammers and scambaiters, as well as Redditors’ untruthfulness in their fabricated posts. The analysis reveals that the r/scambait subreddit exists as a site of humorous entertainment arising from various forms of deception. Scammers’ deceptive strategies are depicted as amusingly naïve and inefficient, while scambaiters’ deceptive messages targeted at scammers demonstrate great creativity and wittiness. In both cases, scammer-victims are disparaged for being immensely gullible or downright stupid; and Redditors earn online plaudits for submitting the most upvoted posts. Our significant finding is that posts such as those at r/scambait should never be taken at face value due to their inherent epistemological ambiguity, to which the users choose to remain oblivious or indifferent. Furthermore, on a general plane, this study indicates a potential shift in the emic understanding of the concept of “scambaiting” from a punitive measure and an educational instrument to a creative practice geared toward posters’ kudos and users’ joint humorous experience through “baitertainment” and “scamusement.”

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