Covert Communication

LOGO

Presented by: Nguyen Thi Huong & Pham Phuong Hoa

4. Features of covert communication

1. Scenario 1

3. Definition of covert communication

2. Question about Scenario 1

1. Scenario 1I Mr. X (my good friend)

Mrs. X (Mr. X’s wife)Mr. Y (X’s neighbor)

Characters in

Scenario 1

1.Scenario 1I

Mrs. X (Mr. X’s wife)Mr. Y (X’s neighbor)

What

happens

next?

Mr. X (My good friend)

1.Scenario 1I

What

happens

next?

Mr. X (my good friend)

Mrs. X’s bag

1.Scenario 1I

My intention

Mr. X (my good friend)

I intend to have some effect on Mr. X

2. Question about Scenario 1

Does the photograph, or my putting the photograph in the bag meanNN

anything?

Analysis of scenario 1

I’m keeping intentions I describe above for myself

I don’t want Mr. X to know about my intention to

convey information to him.

Definition of covert communication

3.Definition of Covert communication

Covert means hidden, covered or secret

What is Covert communication????

3. Definition of Covert communication Covert communication is has been defined as a ”case of

communication where the intention of the speaker is to alter

the cognitive environment of the hearer, i.e. to make a set of

assumptions more manifest to her, without making this

intention mutually manifest” (Tanaka, 1994:41).

According to Grice (Grice’s first attempt):

To mean something is to intend to produce a response from

an audience (or have some effect on an audience) by

behaving in a certain way.

4.Features of covert communication

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