Communicative Space
Gulenko V. V. Communicative space
An extended medium of a layered structure in which information exchange takes place between communicative systems. Communicative space is four-dimensional, like material space. By “measuring” space, I will understand the level of sustainable information exchange, which is separated from other similar levels by a potential barrier - the energy of overcoming, that is, the effort necessary to move from level to level.
In order to determine at what level of space communication takes place, it is necessary to determine two parameters - the communicative distance (the parameter of the extent of space) and the density of communication (the parameter of "permeability" of space).
To build a model, we will use the dichotomous principle customary for socionics - separation in half (see the article Dichotomy ). Therefore, the communicative distance will take two values - near and far.In terms of the permeability of space for full-fledged information exchange, I will distinguish between communication, on the one hand, deep and, on the other hand, superficial.
I will dwell on these poles in more detail. Close distance means that communication takes place with close contact in space. It is most typical for groups of two to eight people. When interacting over a long distance, sociotypes are separated by a substantial distance determined by social and cultural indicators of development. Such a distance between people usually occurs in communication groups of more than eight people.
Deep communication means a dense information exchange, when practically all informational resources at the disposal of a sociotype are involved in communication. There is a close intertwining of "lines of force" of information fields, which indicates a high level of confidence of the contact.
Surface communication occurs when incomplete involvement in the exchange of available information resources. The density of the information flow is much less than in the first case. The degree of confidence is also small.
Since the complexity of communication equally depends on both parameters, the information exchange between systems can be viewed as a product of the communicative distance by the density of communication:
information exchange = distance x density.
Information exchange takes discrete values, being an indicator of the location of an object on one of the levels of the communicative space. In total there are four such positions:
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1. The first level of interaction in the communicative space: the distance is close, but the communication is superficial. It bears the name physical , as it is characteristic of the dense, material-mediated contact of physical substrates (carriers) of information systems.
At this level, the natural needs of man are satisfied - in food, shelter, procreation, production and consumption of material products.
2. The second level of interaction in the communicative space: the distance is close, and the communication is deep. It is called psychological , because the exchange of sacred, personal information coming from the soul (“psyukh” - ancient Greek. “Soul”) comes first.
The psychological level assumes the most trusting relationships, since at this level a person satisfies his intimate-emotional needs - in love, friendship, family, empathy, etc.
3. The third level of interaction in the communicative space: the distance is far, the communication is superficial. It is called social , because it is regulated by social norms, traditions and rituals, legislation, state institutions, etc. This level of communication subordinates the interests of the individual to the interests of society, therefore, is the most formal. The object of social communication acts not as a unique person, but as a representative of a social class or professional group. At this level, a person satisfies his needs for career, training, work and respect.
4. The fourth level of interaction in the communicative space: the distance is far, but the communication is deep. It carries the name of the intellectual , or informational level. It is possible to carry out deep communication without contact with the other side only when transferring the entire information exchange inside, into your brain. The memory and imagination of a person works intensively. Only at this level can we turn to the depths of our subconscious and extract information accumulated by generations of people who lived before you.
At the information level, a person satisfies his needs for updating, revealing his talents and abilities, creativity, knowledge and self-improvement.
It is very significant that the levels described are not stretched into a line, but form a circle, that is, they are connected by adjacency and opposite relationships. The opposite is the physical level and the intellectual. This means that they are in relation to each other in inverse proportionality: the more a person lives a physical life, the less he develops intellectually and vice versa.
Social and psychological levels are also mutually exclusive. It is impossible to simultaneously take care of the individual (individual approach) and the whole group of people (mass approach). The macro-society encourages a person to bring a personal to the altar of the public, and the micro-society, for example, his family, would like the opposite: so that a close person spends more time at home. Moreover, the proportion of 50% to 50% means a communicative crisis: the state of oscillating "weights" is very painful, because it makes choice very difficult.
Although communicative levels are cyclical, their vertical hierarchy on the plane is more convenient and technological. Their subordination in the communicative space has the following form:
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Aspects of information (see the article Informational aspect ) at different levels of the communicative space are manifested with certain features. In its pure form, intuitive functions are monitored only at the intellectual level, sensory - at the physical, logical - at the social and ethical - at the psychological.
With the transition from the upper level to the lower, each information aspect is concretized, becoming increasingly attached to the situation, narrowing the scale of its action. For example, intellectual intuition is the ability to think in complex abstract images, to make major cognitive discoveries. Intuition socially oriented allows a person to occupy a promising place in society, to acquire a prestigious specialty, to adjoin to the future social movement.
The intuition of a psychological nature works only in the process of close communication with people in an informal setting: with its help, a person realizes the problems, desires and intentions of people close to him. And, finally, physical intuition manifests itself in specific cases related to the arrangement of life, housing, workplace, health and other processes of the natural world.
Thus, at distant communicative distances, all socionic functions are generalized , and at close ones they specialize. This is the mechanism of the dynamics of information exchange in the communicative space.
Each sociotype (see the Sociotype article) has its optimal, in terms of successful, combination of social and individual needs in the communicative space that it seeks to occupy in one way or another. But the trajectory of his movement is far from the shortest, since real society is very much “twisted” by disproportions in the number and significance for the current situation of individual socionic types and their groups.
The ideal arrangement of all sixteen sociotypes in the communicative space is called socion . Socion is a well-structured information system that is in dynamic equilibrium. The socionized society uses the resources at its disposal in the most efficient way and complies with the principle of maximum information flow with full consistency in the actions of the structural units processing this flow.
Communicative space. Levels of communication, distance between people
The communicative space is understood as the environment in which interaction takes place between people and groups of people. There are four levels of communicative space, reflecting the most characteristic and stable of these properties. The levels of the communicative space are modeled by a combination of three dichotomies (Fig. 1):
1) Far-close distance. When interacting over a long distance, people are separated by a significant distance, their communication is largely subject to conscious and social control. This distance usually occurs between strangers or in groups of more than eight people. Close distance means that communication takes place with close contact in space and is characterized by spontaneity (a greater degree of influence of the unconscious). This distance is most characteristic for groups of up to eight people, especially if they know each other well.
2) Deep-surface communication. Deep communication means tight interaction, when almost all resources available to a sociotype are involved in communication. Communicative acts are usually long-lasting. Surface communication occurs with incomplete involvement of available resources. The duration of communicative acts is not great.
In total, there are four stable levels of communicative space :
1) The physical level of the communicative space. Characterized by the interaction of people in the process of material activity, in which there is direct contact with physical objects. At this level, the natural needs of man are satisfied - in food, shelter, procreation, production and consumption of material products. Examples of such communication can serve: the distribution of household duties, learning craft or sports equipment.
2) The psychological level of communicative space. In the first place comes the exchange of secret, personal information, there is a close, informal communication. Trust relationships, as a rule, proceed on a psychological level. At this level, a person satisfies his intimate-emotional needs - in love, friendship, family, empathy, etc. Examples: feast with friends, love relationships.
3) The social level of communicative space. At this level, most public communications flow. It is the most formalized, the behavior of people on it is regulated by a variety of social norms, laws, contracts, customs and traditions. This level of communication subordinates the interests of the individual to the interests of society. The object of social communication acts not as a unique person, but as a representative of this or that social layer or professional group. At this level, a person satisfies his needs for career and vocational training. An example of interactions at this level are labor relations (boss-subordinate, teacher-student).
4) The intellectual level of communicative space. In the process of intellectual communication, mental activity comes to the fore. The memory and imagination of a person works intensively. At this level, science, worldview, culture, and spirituality are considered. At the information level, a person satisfies his needs for updating, revealing his talents and abilities, in creativity, knowledge and self-improvement. Examples of communication: training (lecture, seminar), scientific discussion, discussion of philosophical and ideological issues.
The physical and intellectual levels of communication are opposite: the more a person lives a physical life, the less he develops intellectually.Communicative space. Levels of communication between people
It is very significant that the levels described are not stretched into a line, but form a circle, that is, they are connected by adjacency and opposite relationships. The opposite is the physical level and the intellectual. This means that they are in relation to each other in inverse proportionality: the more a person lives a physical life, the less he develops intellectually and vice versa. Social and psychological levels are also mutually exclusive. It is impossible to simultaneously take care of the individual (individual approach) and the whole group of people (mass approach).
Any real communication can take place not at one, but at several (usually adjacent) levels. So, for example, the defense of the thesis takes place at the socio-intellectual level. On the social, because it is a regulated process with distributed and fixed roles. On the intellectual, as there is a discussion of the product of the defendant's mental activity.
In addition, with a constant composition of participants and a place of communication, its characteristics, and therefore the level, may vary. So a banquet after defending a thesis already proceeds at the psychological (informal communication of participants) and physical levels (entertainment and entertainment program).
Although communicative levels are cyclical, their vertical hierarchy on the plane is more convenient and technological (Fig. 2). The area of communication decreases from lower levels to higher ones, which reflects not only the tendency of personal growth, but also the fact that the relative proportion of intellectual forms of communication in any community will always be less than social, psychological and physical forms.
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