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- Title
Encounters with Attractive Strangers: A Metaphor Analysis of Memorable Questions in Initial Interactions.
- Authors
Gibson, Danna M.; Webb, Lynne M.
- Abstract
We interviewed 16 undergraduate students soliciting (a) metaphors to describe initial interactions as well as (b) memorable questions posed by attractive strangers of the opposite sex. Using thematic analysis, we discovered that the interviewees metaphorically described initial interactions in terms of time, control, sexuality, valence, and extremes. All interviewees re-called memorable questions posed by attractive strangers of the opposite sex. Our analyses indicated that typical memorable questions could be characterized as nonsexual control attempts that were perceived by the receivers as positive but extreme. Interviewees' initial impression of memorable questions typically became more positive over time.
- Subjects
METAPHOR; RECEIVERS (Commercial law); EQUITY (Law); EDUCATION; HUMAN sexuality
- Publication
Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 2013, Vol 69, p83
- ISSN
2326-8093
- Publication type
Article