I Know What You Know: Effects of Knowledge Estimation on Message Construction and Comprehension

• Main Authors: LAU, Ivy Yee-Man, CHIU, Chi-Yue, YEUNG, Victoria Wai-Lan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Communication; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/469
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Communication requires message formulation and comprehension. A series of studies demonstrated the important role played by knowledge estimation in the communication process. In two experiments, it was found that participants’ estimation of the relative distribution of knowledge of landmarks corresp...