Week 15, post 3

Conflict

I think that conflict produces the most interesting aspects of communication. Conflict produces a few results in an individual. It may produces withdraw, which is when a person walks away or changes the subject at the moment conflict appears. People can also accommodate, in which they give in immediately, at the moment conflict. Compromise means that each party gives up part of what he or she wants to reach a mutual compromise. This would be similar to problem solving. I think the conflict is healthy, but must trully be worked on.

week 15, post 2

The Next Step:

The great next step of communication study and theory is to realize that communication can still be evolved. We must evolve the sciences to the degree of other fields of study, and merge the different sciences to our benefit. I feel that each individual can be a communication scholar and further the field of study. I would like to see more within culture scientific studies, to focus on specific group to differentiate the groups. This would assist in reaching these groups on a massive basis, based on what is the preferred method of communication (written, verbal, etc.). Having this information can than assist from a public health standpoint. That should be the direction of the field, so that it is not just a collection of knowledge, but information that will be used to better society as a whole.

week 15, post #1

Credibility

I think that credibility still posses an interesting dilema to the listener of a speech or engagement of communication. Just think about how easy it is to lie about anything. It is safe to say that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, however that is simply a percentage and not 100% of the time. Therefore, do we really know if we are being told the truth at any one point by any one person. Even if that person has never told a lie in their lives before, there still is that very small chance that they will. I feel that this uncertainty is a major pitfall in the credibility of communication. Perception is truly the key to what the audience believes and not truth.

week 12, post #3

The idea behind masculine language seems to be very pertinent in the debate of bias language. I feel that emotionally charged language is often biased, and is more representative of the male masculine perspective. It is unfortunate that the typical gender roles are reiterated in different forms of reference and print, however, the growing influence of the female voice, will hopefully change most if not all of that language to represent the fact that both genders are equal and neither should be steered towards dominance or serviance.

week 12, post 2

Muted Group Theory

The Muted Group Theory was developed by Kramarae. There was also some development between muted groups, from originally women, and the groups which have thoughts and communications which is counter to the public agenda or norms. In her theory, she greatly used metaphors of the internet, including information superhighway for the cost, new frontier for the atmosphere, democracy for increased expression, and global community for the possibility of interaction. It is decidely so, based on bias, that language often does not mean the same for everyone, or that it is equal for everyone. The dominant language is male, so everyone else is engaging in discorse.

face-negotiation model

The face-negotiation model presented by Ting-Toomey is extremely interesting in its diversity and explanation. The model is controlled by separating factors of culture, then self contrual, then face concern, and finally conflict-style. The culture, whether individualistic or collectivistic, is based on the individuals person's place of birth, traditionally, and how that society developed. The U.S. is the supreme individualistic culture with the main focus on "I" and overall lack of community care. Japan is one of the leaders in the collectivistic cultures, with main thoughts on helping their country succeed. The path is then followed down all the way to the learned conflict styles, based on the four criteria mentioned above, to six conflict styles, including dominant, expressive, aggressive (individualistic), and integrating, helping, oblnging (collectivistic).

week 10, post 3

The question of who sets the agenda in the agenda-settng theory is extremely pertinent. It is been determined that the work by the interest aggregation. The interest aggregations are clusters of people who demand center stage for their one, overriding concern, also considered to be pressure groups. The question that most of do not even consider when viewing or listening from information dispersed by mass media is why this? What one person or group of people decided that this information needed to be known by the general public. What about the information which is not shared by the general public, and why did that one person decide that the information not shared is less important or would sell less copies of the information. We must look at the motivations associated with mass media and the information which is relayed to the general public.