Of men and ideas

United States, 1956

Film
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Indicates that in the broadest sense general semantics is concerned with the factors in communication that lead to misunderstanding, tension and conflict. The film identifies and discusses four elements generally associated with most human behaviour. Makes the point that, in terms of resultant behaviour, we ought to be able to distinguish between assessments that make sense and those that do not.

Credits

director

Ed Weiss

producer

Ed Wegener

production company

WOI Television

Language

English

Duration

00:29:03:00

Colour

Black and White

ACMI Identifier

29213

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Communication skills

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Communication skills

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Oral communication

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Communication skills

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal communication

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal conflict

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communication skills

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal communication

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal conflict

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Oral communication

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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