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What makes group conversations so challenging?
2. A framework for studying conversation
The results are organized according to an analytic framework that distinguishes between three related levels of conversation. Low-level features can be observed directly, vary over short time periods, and often relate to conversational structure (e.g., a pause at the end of a speaker’s turn). Mid-level features are generally inferred indirectly by human perceivers or algorithms […]
1. Topic flow within the CANDOR corpus
The topics people chose to talk about, as measured in CANDOR transcripts by a simple keyword dictionary, reflect the ebb and flow of societal issues in an unusually tumultuous year. COVID-19 (red) surged from unknown to the talk of the nation by mid-2020, matching or even exceeding family-related discussion (blue), a reliable staple of conversation. […]
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What prevents us from talking to people who are dissimilar to us?
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How do we build a science of conversation?
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Do we underestimate how much other people like us?
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Do we overestimate our ability to communicate novel information?
