A general model of conversational dynamics and an example application in serious illness communication
Fig 1
Network representation of a CODYM.
Network depiction of a 3rd-order CODYM, where turn lengths are binarized as short (S) or long (L). Nodes (black circles) represent states that are defined by the lengths of the 3 previous turns, respectively; edges (arrows) represent transitions between states and are labeled with the length of the turn on that transition. The areas highlighted in yellow represent important sub-networks we refer to as short two-way information exchanges (labeled “S 2-way”), one-way information exchanges (labeled “1-way”), and long two-way information exchanges (labeled “L 2-way”).