Dynamic goal processes: an agenda for interpersonal communication research. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Worley, Timothy; Dillard, James Price; Samp, Jennifer A.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the International Communication Association. Volume 44:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 350
• Page End: 367
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: Goals -- interaction dynamics -- goal variability -- interpersonal communication -- methodology; Communication -- Periodicals; 302.205
• DOI: 10.1080/23808985.2020.1843365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-8985

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A longstanding tradition in communication research is that people have goals for communicative encounters. Communication research has evolved to better acknowledge that goals are malleable and can change during interactions. Drawing upon the history of communication goals theorizing and research, we elaborate three properties emerging from the juxtaposition of goals and time. We then explore theoretical accounts of goal change and options for data acquisition. We end with speculation on how goal dynamics might stimulate new questions about interpersonal communication and, perhaps, move the field into a new phase of inquiry.