![]() Reinvestment stories of shifting commitments and loyalties Rehearsal stories which describe past events “I know someone who” stories to project a personal condition onto someone else Anniversary stories of the joy or pain of an event Transition stories of ending and/or moving on (p. ![]() Noting that storytelling is a major means of self disclosure, Savage (1996) identifies five types of stories that listeners are likely to encounter in their communication with others: These goals serve to frame how we interpret what we receive. Wolvin and Coakely (1993) have described five basic listening goals: listening for discrimination, to distinguish sensory input listening for comprehension, to understand listening therapeutically, to provide emotional/social support listening critically, to analyze the message and listening appreciatively, to gain sensory pleasure. Listeners engage in communication for various purposes which consciously or unconsciously guide how we process what is communicated verbally and/or nonverbally. the default mode of human thought, providing structure to reality and serving as the underlying foundation for memory.”Īt the center of much of human communication, then, is the narrative. Reviewing the empirical research on narrative processing, he observes that it is “. Dahlstrom (2014) reminds us that narratives offer increased comprehension, interest, and engagement for listeners. Trained and novice listeners alike reported that they “visualize what is happening” as they engage in narrative listening (p. Research by Cohen and Wolvin (2011) identified how visualization is central to listening to stories. Neuroeconomist Paul Zak’s research (2014) on the motivational impact of narratives demonstrates how the human brain is especially attracted to the enduring stories of human triumph over adversity. They are edited and viewed through a lens of the past, the present agenda, and expectations for the future” (p. Research by Pereles, Jackson, Rosenal and Nixon (2017), analyzing the stories that patients tell, describes this co-construction: “Stories are not fixed entities with one truth. Bavelas, Coates and Johnson (2000) explored story listening in an interactive, conversational context, identifying story listeners as co-narrators: “the narrator elicits responses from the listener and the listener’s responses affect the narrator” (p. people are always storying their lives,” they note, and “meaning is made and re-made, stories are created and changed all the time” (p. Narrative consultants Westmark, Offenberg and Nissen (2011) center their organizational development work on listening to the organization’s stories. While early research on the narrative focused on story telling, the importance of story listening has received more attention today. Stories invite empathy, but only if we listen. From the moment we become aware of others, we demand to be told stories that allow us to make sense of the world, to inhabit the mind of someone else. Storytelling is the bedrock of civilization. Anderson (2019) describes this power of the narrative: Rappaport (1995) observed that stories have a powerful effect on human behavior, creating meaning, emotion, memory, and identity. Fisher (1987) identified the narrative paradigm as a major communication form. organizations.Ĭentral to human communication is the narrative, the stories that we share. congressional senators and representatives, and other D.C. each summer to share stories with each other, with U.S. ![]() Situated in a narrative listening theoretical perspective, this article provides a case study of New Story Leadership, an organization that brings together delegates from Israel and Palestine to Washington D.C. While story telling is receiving considerable focus in communication research, story listening should have greater attention.
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