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November 13, 2025Human Communication Research

Extending communicated sense-making theorizing to social groups: missionaries’ use of metaphor, personification, and in-group vernacular

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RCR. Amanda CooperAFAlice Fanari

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Overview

Analysis reveals metaphor and identity work among missionaries coping with uncertainty, highlighting communication's role.

Key Points

  • Missionaries used metaphor in their identity work, addressing uncertainty post-service.
  • Findings indicate distinct sense-making devices, enhancing the communicated sense-making model.
  • Observational analysis of experiences among 26 Christian missionaries explored theoretical frameworks.
  • Implications suggest in-group vernacular affects sense-making during life transitions.

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Cooper et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692523b2c0ce034ddc3546c6https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf028
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