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2.2.3 Axioms and Theorems

Having identified the underlying assumptions and defined some key concepts, [Kaufer&Carley1993] and [Kaufer&Carley1994] both identify a series of non-exhaustive axioms that arise from the application of their assumptions to communicative transactions. They can be summarised as follows:

"Individuals are situated within sociocultural systems" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 150]
"Individuals have mental models that limit behaviour" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 150]
"People create communications out of their mental models" [Kaufer&Carley1994, p. 22]
"Individual's mental models adapt" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 151]
"Individuals continuously engage in communicative transactions" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 151]
"Communicative transactions occur concurrently, not serially" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 152]
"Communicators can act concurrently" [Kaufer&Carley1994, p. 30]
'The more relatively similar and individual perceives him or herself to another, the more likely the individual is to attempt interaction with that other" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 155]
Interaction and knowledge are "reciprocally related to one another" [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 158]
"Individuals exert communicative authority by changing the mental models of others through communications bearing their signature" [Kaufer&Carley1994, p. 28]
"The greater the average potential distance across which an individual can interact, the greater the potential reach" [Kaufer&Carley1994, p. 32]

[Kaufer&Carley1993] extends these axioms by adding a theorem relating to the relative roles of authors and readers:

Authors and readers are potentially interchangeable roles [Kaufer&Carley1993, p. 152]

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