Concept information
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communication and media studies
communication studies
communication theory
interpersonal concepts
Preferred term
accounts and account giving
Definition
- Accounts help people explain or make sense of events when something out of the ordinary occurs. An account can range from a speech to a story to a single word or nonverbal expression. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Accounts and Account Giving]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/accounts_and_account_giving
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