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BACK CHANNEL COMMUNICATION

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Parent Node(s): ASC Glossary on Cybernetics

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BACK CHANNEL COMMUNICATION

communication which travels through informal rather than formal channels. Governments and players in bureaucracies use back channel or informal communication to test reactions while maintaining deniability. (Prouty)