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  <Title>THE COMPUTER AS AN ACTIVE COMMUNICATION MEDIUM</Title>
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5. SUMMARY
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper, I reiterate the view that for many purposes, communication is best conceived of as a  design-interpretation process rather than a senderreceiver process. Fundamental difficulties in two-person communication occur in certain common situations. The incidence, exacerbation, and failure to solve such communication problems by the parties themselves can largely be traced to the high frequency of strongly held anti-empirical belief systems. Finally, it is suggested that the computer is a medium for humans to communicate with each other VIA. Viewed in this way, possibilities exist for the computer to become an acti~ and aelecti~ rather than a p~.s~, tn=nJparent medium. This could aid humans in overcoming or circumventing communication blocking irrational beliefs in order to facillitate cooperative problem solving.</Paragraph>
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