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Meta-communication refers to "communication about communication", see "Steps to an ecology of mind" by Gregory Bateson.

According to Bateson there are many times communication going on that is not deliberately conveyed as information. Examples of that are when someone tells a joke, the meta-communication could be "this is a joke". Sometimes this message is understood, sometimes not. boss








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