According to the data I gathered, In regard to my original hypothesis, predicting that Symbolic gestures would be the most recounted in the storyline, the following is the only account of that instance. Speaker 4 of Group B naturally engaged her recipient with the gesture, but Speaker 5 did not continue the conventionalized “thumbs up” down the telephone line. Perhaps this is easily explained, as Speaker 4 was the first participant in the group. She watched the original video directly, therefore it was easier for her to keep the gesture fresh in mind as she retold the story. As to why the Symbolic gestures have been unsuccessful as contagious gestures, I cannot can only speculate. It is conceivable that his story may have been the wrong format
