?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+New+Account+of+Personalization+and+Effective+Communication&rft.creator=Galbi%2C+Dr.+Douglas&rft.subject=Historical+Linguistics&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.description=To+contribute+to+understanding+of+information+economies+of+daily+life%2C+this+paper+explores+over+the+past+millennium+given+names+of+a+large+number+of+persons.++Analysts+have+long+both+condemned+and+praised+mass+media+as+a+source+of+common+culture%2C+national+unity%2C+or+shared+symbolic+experiences.++Names%2C+however%2C+indicate+a+large+decline+in+shared+symbolic+experience+over+the+past+two+centuries%2C+a+decline+that+the+growth+of+mass+media+does+not+appear+to+have+affected+significantly.++Study+of+names+also+shows+that+action+and+personal+relationships%2C+along+with+time+horizon%2C+are+central+aspects+of+effective+communication+across+a+large+population.++The+observed+preference+for+personalization+over+the+past+two+centuries+and+the+importance+of+action+and+personal+relationships+to+effective+communication+are+aspects+of+information+economies+that+are+likely+to+have+continuing+significance+for+industry+developments%2C+economic+statistics%2C+and+public+policy.&rft.date=2001-09&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3287%2F1%2Fpers9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Galbi%2C+Dr.+Douglas++(2001)+A+New+Account+of+Personalization+and+Effective+Communication.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3287%2F