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Communication Mosaics An Introduction To The Field Of Communication 6th Edition Julia T. Wood - Solutions
Larry Browning, Alf Saetre, Keri Stephens, and Jan-Oddvar Sornes (2008) present stories of the ways personal and social media facilitate and hinder work in a range of organizations. Their book shows how theories of media work in everyday life.
Dalton Conley’s Elsewhere, U.S.A. (2009)provides a lively and provocative perspective on living technology-saturated lives. Dalton doesn’t argue that technologies are good or bad. Instead, he elaborates on some of their implications for identity, work, and family.
Read the most current issue of Wired or a similar magazine that focuses on technologies. Identify technological products and services that are not mentioned in this book, which went to press in the summer of 2009.
Lewis, Michael. (2002). Next: The Future Just Happened. New York: W. W. Norton. This is a well-written book that offers good examples and evidence about online identities and the impact that heavy online usage has on our ability to interact with people offl ine.
What ethical responsibilities, if any, do we have to ensure democratic access to technologies?
Write out a scenario of communication technologies 5 years from now in the profession you intend to join. Describe how you think existing technologies will fi gure in that environment and what new kinds of communication systems may be invented that will affect that context.
How do relationships between people who never meet face to face differ from relationships between people who can see each other? What are the advantages and limitations of forming and sustaining relationships each way?
Can you suggest ways to avail ourselves of the advantages offered by personal and social media for personal and professional growth, without experiencing some of the real and potential disadvantages discussed in this chapter?
What are the democratic and nondemocratic potentials of personal and social media?
How do virtual communities diff er from physical communities?
In what ways do personal and social media change how we think?
How does interconnectivity change how we live and work?
What are personal and social media?
Are you more in agreement with Charles or with Tina about whether toys teach important lessons to children?
How does this scenario illustrate the process of mainstreaming?
Are Charles and Tina Washington teaching Derek to be a critical viewer of mass communication?
Identify an example of puffery in the advertisement for the Power Zapper.
Robert McChesney. (1999). Rich media, poor democracy: Communication politics in dubious times. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. This book makes a convincing argument that the concentration of media ownership in the hands of a few corporations has undercut the democratic potential of mass
Embrace the challenge advanced in this chapter by taking an active role in responding to mass communication. Write a letter to the editor of a local paper, or write to a manufacturer to support or criticize its product or the way it advertises its product. Visit the websites mentioned in the
Make a list of the forms of mass communication you use most often. Include newspapers, magazines, television programs, types of fi lms, radio stations, and so forth. How do your choices of mass communication refl ect and shape your identity and your social perspectives?
To what extent, if any, should there be control over the violence presented in media? Do you think viewers, especially children, are harmed by the prevalence of violence in media? Are you concerned about the lack of correspondence between the synthetic world of television violence and the actual
How can you develop media literacy?
To what extent is the content of media controlled by powerful corporations?
What is the mean world syndrome?
To what extent is news constructed or created?
How do media shape our thinking?
Did Elizabeth use visual aids effectively?
What organizational pattern did Elizabeth use and to what extent was it effective?
Describe Elizabeth’s credibility—initial, derived, and terminal.
Is Elizabeth’s speech persuasive or informative or both?
Use an online periodicals database, such as InfoTrac College Edition, to access the journal Vital Speeches and read President George W. Bush’s October 7, 2001, speech, “We Are at War Against Terrorism: The Attack on the Taliban.” How did President Bush recognize American values in opening his
AmericanRhetoric.com provides an online bank of speeches. You access this resource by clicking on WebLink 13.3.
Note the use of stories to add interest and effect to public presentations. Describe a speaker who uses a story effectively and one who uses a story ineffectively. What are the differences between them? What conclusions can you draw about the effective use of stories in public presentations?
During the next week, pay attention to evidence cited by others in public presentations. You might note what evidence is used on news programs, by professors in classes, and by special speakers on your campus. Evaluate the effectiveness of evidence presented. Are visuals clear and uncluttered? Do
Make a point of listening to students who speak out for causes on your campus. How do the speakers’ attempt to establish that they are informed, dynamic, and trustworthy (the dimensions of credibility)?
How can you listen critically to others’ public speeches?
How can speakers manage speaking anxiety?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of diff erent styles of delivery?
How can speakers enhance their credibility?
To what extent is public speaking similar to conversation?
Do you think the banquet is a ritual? Why or why not?
How would you suggest that Ed repair the damage done by his absence from the company banquet? What might he say to his manager? How could he use I-language, indexing, and dual perspective to guide his communication?
How do the ambiguity and abstraction inherent in language explain the misunderstanding between Ed and his manager?
How might Ed use the informal network in his organization to learn the normative practices of the company and the meanings they have to others in the company?
How does the concept of constitutive rules, which we first discussed in Chapter 4, help explain the misunderstanding between Ed and his manager?
Interviews are a common form of communication in organizations. Among the types of interviews that are part of organizational life are hiring interviews, problem-solving interviews, reprimand interviews, appraisal interviews. An online chapter on interviewing is available to you at your resource
Robin Clair’s book Organizing Silence (1998;Albany: State University of New York Press) offers an excellent analysis of ways organizations and their members silence employees who object to unfair treatment.
The fi lm Remember the Titans provides a dramatic account of a man who was assigned to coach a group of athletes in a recently integrated school.The players didn’t work together well, largely because of ethnic differences and ethnocentric attitudes. This fi lm provides rich insights into
Visit the website of an organization you think you might like to join. Explore different links on the site to learn about the organization’s policies and the image it presents. From the material on its site, what can you infer about the organization’s culture?
Visit your school’s career planning and placement offi ce. Ask to speak with someone who is familiar with nonprofi t organizations. Talk with this person to learn about opportunities for service that might appeal to you.
Interview a person over 45 whose career interests you. Ask the person to describe changes she or he has seen in her or his profession, such as the prominence of teams and changes in benefi t packages, work schedules, and other features of professional life.
Talk with an administrator of a for-profi t organization in your community. Ask the administrator what the organization does to support the community—contributions to schools, pro bono work, employee time off to volunteer, etc.
Think about a group to which you belong. It may be a work group or a social group such as a fraternity or an interest club. Describe some common rites and rituals in your group. What do these rites and rituals communicate about the group’s culture?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of personal relationships on the job?
How do today’s organizations diff er from those of earlier eras?
How do rituals and routines express organizational values?
Are any of the potential values of group versus individual decision making evident in this discussion?
How do you perceive the interaction pattern between members? Does everyone seem to be involved and participating?
Based on this discussion, does this group seem to have a single leader, or do different members provide leadership to the group?
Classify each statement in this scenario as one of the forms of group communication (task, procedural, climate, egocentric). Is the balance among forms appropriate for a decision-making group?
Ken Blanchard, John Carlos, and Alan Randolph wrote Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute(1998) to give working tools to people who want to be empowering leaders. The book is organized in story form, relying on an extended case study to provide hands-on advice, tools, and exercises for increasing
Although Twelve Angry Men was produced many years ago, it remains an excellent fi lm about group dynamics in a decision-making group, in this case a jury.
Observe a meeting of a campus governing group—for instance, the Board of Trustees. Do the communication patterns you observe explain the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the group?
Ask several people who have lived in non-Western cultures whether the cultural values that affect group communication in the United States are present in the countries where they lived. In your conversation, explore how differences in cultural values affect group interaction.
Interview a professional in the fi eld you hope to enter after college. Ask her or him to identify how various groups and teams discussed in this chapter are used on the job. If you are already employed in a career, refl ect on your experiences with groups on the job.
To what extent should leadership be assigned to a single group member?
What are the potential limitations of group discussion?
What are the potential strengths of group discussion?
Why are groups and teams becoming increasingly popular?
What are the diff erences between groups and teams?
How does the concept of reflected appraisal, discussed in Chapter 9, apply to this case?
If you were Dan’s friend, what might you say to alter his behaviors?
If you were Hailley’s friend, what responsibilities would you have, if any, for helping her?
View the fi lm, About a Boy (2002), directed by Paul and Chris Weitz. The story is about a surprising and unusual friendship between a selfi sh single man and a lonely boy. The central themes are friendship and support.
Many men as well as women are committed to ending violence against women. To learn more about men who are committed to stopping violence, go to the book’s online resources for this chapter and click on WebLink 10.7.
Visit an online dating service. Identify qualities men and women claim they have and qualities men and women are looking for in romantic partners. What similarities and differences can you identify?
C. Hendrick & S. Hendrick (Eds.). 2000. Close relationships: A sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA:Sage. You probably won’t want to read this entire book, but it’s a great resource on research about a range of topics relevant to close relationships across the life span. If you want to know more about
Consider volunteering at a domestic violence shelter or helpline. The skills you’ve developed in your communication class will enhance your effectiveness in talking with victims of intimate partner violence.
Think about differences in the goals and rules for friendships and romantic relationships. Does comparing the two kinds of relationships give you any insight into the diffi culties that commonly arise when two people who have been friends become romantically involved? What are the diffi culties of
Think about the distinction between love and commitment and the role each plays in personal relationships. Describe relationships in which commitment is present but love is not. Describe relationships in which love exists but not commitment. What can you conclude about the impact of each?
What is the cycle of intimate partner abuse?
To what extent are long-term romantic relationships equitable for women and men?
What kinds of communication help sustain long-distance romances?
How do romantic relationships typically escalate and deteriorate?
What is the typical process of friendship development?
To what extent does Kate’s communication with her children reflect normative gender expectations in Western culture?
What do Emma’s and Jeremy’s responses to Kate suggest about their acceptance of her views of them?
Identify examples of reflected appraisal in this scenario. What appraisals of her son and daughter does Kate reflect to them?
Identify examples of direct definition in this scenario. How does Kate define Emma and Jeremy?
Some societies have more rigid lines for class membership than the United States does. One of the most rigid systems is the caste system in India.To learn about how a person’s caste affects his or her opportunities in life, go to the book’s online resources for this chapter and click on WebLink
The fi lm Nell dramatizes the impact of communication with others on self-concept. View the fi lm, and notice how Nell’s world changes as she begins to communicate with others.
T. Rusk and N. Rusk. (1988). Mindtraps: Change your mind, change your life. Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan. This book offers practical advice on how to change yourself by challenging selfdefeating intrapersonal communication.
If you would like to learn more about how the attachment styles discussed in this chapter affect romantic relationships, go to the book’s online resources for this chapter and click on WebLink 9.1.
If you could revise the generalized other, how would you do it? Would race–ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class be important aspects of self in your revision?
Discuss society’s views (the generalized other)of women and men. What are current social expectations for each sex? What behaviors, appearances, and attitudes violate social prescriptions for gender? Do you agree or disagree with these social expectations?
How can you create a supportive context for your personal growth?
What are the values and risks of self-disclosing communication?
What is the generalized other, and how does it shape personal identity?
What role does communication play in developing personal identity?
What could enhance Barton Hingham’s ability to communicate effectively with people who were raised in non-Western cultures?
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