It is within the Mediator’s legitimate power to direct the conversation where improvements in or reiteration of information, or even the use of mnemonic devices may assist the participants to more appropriately and accurately recall or understand information in the way it was intended. The assigning of symbolic labels or connotative meaning to information given will elicit a personal emotional response on the part of the information giver(s). The mediator can work through the detriments of assumptive responses or returns on given information by developing a cooperative strategy with willing participants that is complimentary to the communication purposes early on, fully understanding that this occurrence is not atypical in exopolitical mediation.
An associate commented that the above resembled steering and inquired if this went against the grain of mediator neutrality. I replied the following: “A mediator is impartial but steering is appropriate when misunderstandings devolve the collective relationship and disperse individual ability or inclination to communicate further because at that point the social construction of reality ceases...that's the process by which the participants creatively shape a new reality through social interaction. W. I. Thomas asserted that situations we define as real become real in their consequences. Social interactions on this particular frame of Contact (U.N. Meetings) help legitimize the subject of Contact and how the world realistically should be expected to deal with it. If you allow the bloom of fear driven or inaccuracy driven assumptions the message of expectations given or instruction to go forth and accomplish given becomes incompatible with the reality. If that occurs then the natural consequence might well be mistakes in decision-making or critical perceptions. Remember governments are a reflection of the people. Lead by example.”
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