# request (social)

an interaction in which one people asks another for help or information

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: communication  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [asks](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-asks.social)

**Through:** The components enable one people to initiate contact with another in order to obtain help or information, forming a directed social exchange.

**Novel properties:**
- initiated social demand
- asymmetric dependence
- communicative intent

## Examples
- In 2021, a nurse at Toronto General Hospital asked a pharmacist for the correct dosage of epinephrine during a code blue. *(healthcare)*
- In 1997, a user submitted a bug report to the Linux kernel mailing list asking for a fix to the TCP/IP stack. *(computing)*
- During the 2010 Chile mine rescue, trapped miner Mario Sepúlveda passed a note asking for food and medical supplies. *(disaster-response)*

## Used by
- [bill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bill.payment) (L18)
- [commission](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-commission.transaction) (L18)
- [please](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-please.politeness) (L10)
- [questions](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-questions.linguistic) (L9)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-request.social.json*  
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