Haptic communication

a perception of being judged and misunderstands about the nature of active listening and its capacity to resolve specific personal and mental health issues. Psychological and emotional distress were corresponding factors in the breakdowns in communication and failed chat sessions. Community Involvement Pursuant to the completion of the practicum project, approximately 100 hours were dedicated to moderating group discussion among listeners and members, and providing support to other listeners as…

comparative analysis of a casual conversation and a formal interview based on an approach to ethnography of communication as discussed by Saville-Troike (1997). After a brief review of related studies of these two communicative event types, I present the focus and the framework of the current study. Next, I present a comparative analysis of the two communicative events using the 11 components of communication compiled by Saville-Troike, followed by a summary and discussion of some of the…

A Stab in the Heart I was hurt. Thud, I feel to my knees, the pain was so intense, . It was as if I was stabbed by a knife. My heart tightened from the pain. It started to get blurry from the tears in my eyes. Getting back up was as hard to me as climbing Mount Everest. My legs started to wobble again and I knew they were going to give way. I hurried after the class to try to catch up but, I couldn’t. I need a pass to go to the nurse. I hurried to the teacher and tried to…

“If there had not been women, we would still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization to impress our girlfriends.” –Orson Welles. Being in a relationship with opposite gender has been common among humans. As a result, relationships have been the reason of stability in human existence. Yet, being in a relationship allows partners to have reliable companies, increases the quality of their shared life, and meets one’s sexual needs. Firstly, people's life possesses…

Civility or Uncivility There was a time where being civil and polite, it was the way of life. Where people were able to restrain themselves of rude comments, behaviors and hold themselves to a higher social standard. To be civil, we must have learned growing up to respect others and to have enough self-awareness to be courteous and mind their actions. It’s vital to install such moral as to keep the peace amongst each other. Civility and freedom are tied together because when we respect each…

Conflict resolution is an important area to hone especially when dealing with the general public. As health care workers, dealing with the public is something we literally do every day and it isn’t uncommon for our patients to not have a firm understanding of what we do, or are supposed to be doing for them. This is a perfect storm for conflict to brew in. Patients assume and expect certain things, sometimes unreasonable things, and it is our job to be able to deal with these issues and to…

The Composition and Rhetoric class is a university course that students must approve in order to graduate. This course is really important because it helps many students around the world to develop and improve their writing skills for further academic work. It’s extremely necessary for university students to know how to compose a good paper, for it is important the Rhetoric part of this class. In order to succeed in this world driven by language, people don’t just need to know how to write and…

Communication in the work place is very important. Without it a workplace could be chaotic. At my job we tend to communicate effectively but there are times when things do get crazy. At Kroger we have a system that helps us communicate with each other. So far it has seemed to work out. Even though we have only been open a few weeks, I find it easier to communicate with other coworkers there than I have at previous jobs. Some of the ways we communicate are a communication log, we have walkie…

In this section we provide a SWOT analysis on the Kaiser’s current language assistance program (LAP). Strengths. Acknowledging the need to improve the language assistance services is one of the strengths of Kaiser LAP. The National Diversity and Inclusion at Kaiser headquarter initiated a program-wide review to establish a baseline to understand Kaiser’s current processes related to language services with regards to cost, quality, patient satisfaction, and compliance. Being actively engaged in…

Arguments are constantly seen throughout each day. They are made on the news, in advertisements, and by professors. The choice weather to believe these arguments being made depends heavily on the argument’s ethos. Jeff Lliff gave a TED Talk about sleep and what the brain is doing during sleep. Each argument Lliff made was believable because of the ethos involved. Lliff established ethos because of his credibility, through visuals, and authority, through his background. This ethos, that was…