What Abbott described as a near death experience (39 members of his own 100-member ministry want him out) may prove to be the beginning of a terminal illness, in which case the Minister for Communication's silence wasn't loyalty, just patience.
No official reason has been given for the move, with the Chinese putting it down to "communication issues" and silence from the DPRK.
But her stubbornness more often than not results in a dearth of any communication whatsoever, radio silence.
"A lot of communication can happen in silence," Shepard says.
The government also used a draconian information and communication technology act to silence any criticism.
Despite the judge's imposed silence, quiet communication goes on between the principals and journalists through intermediaries and half-gestures.
"What I'm trying to do with both art and writing is to express my ideas about silence and communication and the importance of language," she says.
After graduating, she started working for Taylor-Wood and making and showing art that aimed to challenge received ideas about silence and communication.
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Given the features of the social communication system sketched above, silence qualifies as a kind of social evidence.
