On Stages of Conflict Escalation - Conflict and Multimodal Communication: Social Research and Machine Intelligence - page 64

Fig. 3.10 The winner triumphant ( a ): Roth and Romney (Debates 2 and 4) ( b )

Fig. 3.11 The defeated
silent/hesitant—Perry
(Debate 4)

3.8 Comparing Conflictual Communication in Different

Social Activities

3.8.1 Political Debate, Quarrel Between Neighbors,

and Conflict in a Work Group

As we have suggested above, a relevant question is whether the phases suggested
for political debates are also found in conflicts taking place in other social activities,
and, if so, how similar or different the phases are in different activities. Two other
types of conflict we have examined are “quarrel between neighbors” and “conflict in
a work group.” If we compare these three activities, illustrated in the table below, we
can see how different the conditions for conflict are in the three selected activities
As we can see in Table 3.2 , the initial phase can be similar in the conflict between
neighbors and conflict in a work group, but is likely to be different, in terms of
whether there is a latent conflict from the beginning, as is the case in a political
debate. A latent conflict may perhaps also occur, but need not do so in the other
two activities. If we turn to the goal of the activity, there are major differences
in what can be achieved and what the best outcome is for the participants in the