Ambiguity as Strategy in Organizational Communication.

Eisenberg, E. M. (1984). Ambiguity as Strategy in Organizational Communication. Communication Monographs.

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Journal article

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Year

1984

Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/03637758409390197verified

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rhetoric

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Primes

• Enthymeme
  • In political slogans, a phrase like "make X great again" lets different audiences supply different premises and reach different conclusions while feeling agreement.

    This sourceArgues communicators strategically leave messages incomplete for the audience to complete from their own premises — the enthymematic move of supplying the unstated.

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