Communication theory

One theory that I have developed by participating in and observing my everyday family life is that good communication equals a healthy harmonic relationship. My family always demonstrated good communication amongst one another. Whenever we have a disagreement about something, we talk about it with another. We are a very close knit family and we all have tight relationship with each other. The concept of this theory is if you have good communication between family members, then you will have a…

Communication is our way of showing our dissociative or associative behaviors. The way we talk, who we choose to interact with, and our perceptions of the in-group and out group identities are all dictated by many factors. Kim’s Interethnic Communication Theory has four layers that explain why and how we interact and communicate the way we do. The environmental layer will be investigated along with the way we do. The environmental layer will be investigated along with the concepts of…

university environments. For the Group Communication course held in the Fall 2016 quarter, students were assigned groups and were asked to explore different concepts relating to Group Communication theory. Members for groups were randomly selected by Dr. Boyraz, thereby allowing a greater possibility for diversity to occur. This factor of random group…

Introduction The field of communication has a lot of widely recognized theories that are practical in our everyday lives. A topic that I am really interested in is interpersonal communication because it is crucial to help develop and further a relationship. The theory within interpersonal communication that really stands out to me is the Social Exchange Theory (SET). This is ‘one the most influential conceptual paradigms in organizational behavior.’ (Cropanzo, Russell & Mitchell, Marie S., 2005…

Symbolic interactionism was developed by George Mead and later refined by Herbert Blumer. This communication theory advocates that the way societies see objects or individuals, explains how they will act regarding them; one develops significance through interaction in the social dominion; and that individuals develop upon those meanings in their own intellectual realm (Griffin, Ledbetter, & Sparks, 2015). Humans think through their social interactions in their mind, to determine their meaning…

Group communication allows room for interpretation of many messages thus creating conflict. Within the functional perspective on group decision making theory and the cultural approach to organization theory the communicator can evaluate the way their messages are sent and if they will be effective. The can evaluate the culture or the organization and the messages that they are sending to the public and to their peers. We learn in 1st Timothy that a good communicator will be able to do God’s work…

Interpersonal communication is in our everyday lives, conversation with our friends, family, and colleagues are all examples. By definition interpersonal communication is dyadic, contains two or more people, and influences either the sender and/or receiver’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships (Cohen 2016). Despite the fact that everyone communicates interpersonally, many people do not do it very well. Brian H. Spitzberg and William R. Cupach are two theorists who have an assessment…

Not Bad After All: Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Interpersonal Communication Part One In 1975, two researchers by the names of Charles Berger and Richard Caprese, developed Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT). Uncertainty Reduction Theory is both how interpersonal communication is affected by lack of knowledge and how people use communication to gather information. This theory was found on Berger’s observation of initialed interactions with individuals exchanging public information. As the…

I am going to reflect on the expectancy violation theory in the perceiving and understanding chapter in the Communication Mosaics book. “Research concerning the expectancy violation theory shows that when our expectations are violated, we become more cognitively alert as we struggle to understand and cope with unexpected behaviors and events” (Wood, p.53). This theory has recently become noticeable in my life. A young man just recently passed away in the town where I’m from, this was totally…

Reading, writing, speaking, and various other forms of communication have been essential to the evolution of human beings. Our species’ dominance today was preconditioned by communication, allowing us to excel in fields such as abstract thought, logic, and rationality. Thousands of years have elapsed since the alphabet, one of our most essential mediums of communication, was invented. This invention altered the methods in which we structure our thoughts and ideas, thus domesticating the human…