Based off of the data I have collected from my field notes one and two I will be comparing and contrasting aspects from both pieces such as social business and rich points. These aspects are identified by analyzing the conversation itself, which includes influences such as gender, power, and group identity. These instances in which I observed can help to provide an understanding of much larger issues of power, identity, and value in the world we live in today.
The setting for both of my field notes took place in a dorm of the Indiana University campus. I chose to record and transcribe the conversations between my friends and I while hanging out and studying in a dorm room. The first conversation was between my friends Natalie, Bailey, Jake, Aaron, and I. The recording took place in Jake and Aaron’s dorm room on the fifth floor of Teter. We have all been good friends since high school besides Jake. He is not from the same high school as the four of us and was the newcomer in this group. I thought that this would be an interesting conversation to record because of the presence of both guys and girls and a
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This difference, however, led to many interesting questions and observations that arose from examining the two different transcriptions and the power, identity, and value these interactions represented. In addition, the communication between the participants in both field notes often was analyzed using the readings and theoretical arguments presented from the book A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication edited by Leila Monaghan, Jane E. Goodman, and Jennifer Meta Robinson. While some of these aspects of communication found within the transcriptions fall in line with the arguments presented within the various readings, some of the aspects and evidence found do not follow the characteristics of the explained communication
Conversation Analysis (CA) is the study of talk-within-interaction that attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction in conversation. It is a method of qualitative analysis developed by Harvey Sacks with the aid of Emmanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Using the CA frame of mind to view stories shows us that what we may think to be simplistic relaying of information or entertaining our friends is in fact a highly organised social phenomena that is finely tuned in a way that expresses the teller’s motivation behind the talk. (Hutchby & Wooffitt, 2011). It is suggested that CA relies on three main assumptions; talk is a form of social action, action is structurally organised, talk creates and maintains inter-subjectivity (Atkinson & Heritage, 1984).
Over the past year I have grown as both a person and a writer. My writing has improved
The renowned American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher Edward Hall has stated “culture is communication and communication is culture” (Pennycook, 1985, pp. 269). Accordingly, a thorough study of the communicative patterns of any group provides a window into that group and vice versa. This section will compare the culture and communication patterns of China with those present in the United States of America. This comparison will be accomplished by examining four cultural dimensions or aspects of communication. For convenience and clarity, the presentation of these dimensions will be broken down into four subsections: power distance, individualism/collectivism, high-context/low-context communication, and proxemics.
Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2013). Intercultural Communication in Contexts (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Over the course of this class I feel like I have become a much better writer. When I go back and look at some of my Journal entries and assignments that I did at the beginning of the semester, I can’t help but tense up at some of the things I wrote. Sometimes the things I was writing didn’t flow well, or I might have even have missed glaring grammar mistakes.
When I scheduled the class Persuasive Communications, I had no particular interest in the subject matter; I just needed to finish the general education requirement for a second writing course. It fit my schedule and sounded reasonably interesting, but I did not think I would gain much from it. It was a general education class after all, and would not be very high on my priority list. Now that the semester is almost over and the class work is complete (albeit after this paper), I feel as if I gained a lot from this class. The class’s main objective was to expand our skills as writers, but it served in teaching us many other things that hold value in our education and future careers.
The field placement experience at Silver Saddle group home allowed me the opportunity to put into practice what I have learned while in the Social Work program her at Northern Arizona University. Throughout field placement I have had the opportunity to practice on a micro, mezzo, and macro level and strengthen my professional social work skill while maintaining a ethical standpoint. Field has also allowed me hands on experience to advocate for clients, insure social justice, provide services, and build strong relationships with clients and the community.
I come from a household that watches the news often. It was a pattern that was embedded in our lifestyle when my family first fled famine and civil war in Somalia to come to America. Constantly being exposed to the news trained me to notice trends. One of the trends that I noticed was the unfair and dominant role race played in the criminal justice system. Although slavery was abolished with the thirteenth amendment. Many in America still believe that race does not play a prominent role in government, evident in the election of Barack Obama as president. However, the government still uses race as a justification for discrimination, which causes social animosity towards criminals. America’s current justice system allows for legal discrimination
Humans have been communicating since four million years. On the other hand, the birth of culture is estimated to have taken place about 35,000 years ago. Today, both culture and communication have evolved considerably and have become interdependent of one another, to the point that communication is considered to be a product of culture. Thus, our own culture has a deep impact on our thoughts and behaviors. Since each culture has its distinct aspects, intercultural communication can be the cause of conflict and disorder. There are three main issues which are at the root of the problem of intercultural miscommunication : language as a barrier, cultural diversity and ethnocentrism. I will analyze these three notions in situations in which intercultural communication is frequent such as : the workplace, the classroom and vacation trips.
When asked in the beginning of this course what learning was to me, I stated it was discovering something new, working through it, and then putting it to good use. After reading through the textbook, I discovered what the true meaning of learning is. Learning is taking in the world around you, and connecting it to what you are experiencing. (Johnson, C.A., 2013, Intentional learning for college success, San Diego, CA, Bridgepoint Education, Inc.) My views of learning have not really changed, but I have discovered a lot about my learning skills. I have been taught how to put these skills to good use when taking my college courses and earning my degree. I can also use them in the outside world, which I catch myself doing all the time at work,
This semester I have been inspired by the authentic ways that I have learned to teach poetry to children in a meaningful way. Through the readings of Poetry Matters, For the Good of the Earth and Sun, Awakening the Heart, and in class discussions, I feel more confident in my ability to teach children poetry. Initially I was terrified at the thought of teaching children a concept that I never fully understood myself, but through this course I have discovered that poetry is so much more than I have ever imagined.
When I was a young child I prayed the simple prayer to ask Jesus into my heart and be the Lord of my life. This began, obviously, with an elementary understanding of Christianity. As I continued to mature into adolescence, however, my faith changed along with me. Christianity became more than just knowing the answers in Sunday School, taking communion at church, or being able to flip to any Bible passage quickly – it was about developing a relationship with Christ and following His call in my life. As Peter preached concerning Jesus in Acts, “there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved,” (Acts 4:12). And, as is written in the book of Colossians, “as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”
Throughout life, we all face countless changes that result in being either lessons or blessings. We endure hardships, or we triumph when we are faced with a change. I believe the choices we make in life are what push changes to come about. By way of example, I made the brave choice to leave this world behind, and give my whole life to my Savior, Jesus Christ.
Throughout life people constantly learn new things about themselves and the world around them that shape their beliefs and how they view life. For some, these views with a better education or better book knowledge. Others have these life-changing events through experience and self-reflections. But the beliefs don’t have to major, they can be as small as changing their favorite food, or as big as changing their religion or sexuality.
Looking back on where I left off in my last paper, it seems like years have passed. So much has happened and I have already had so many new experiences and met new people. My last few weeks of college, I grew so much, and learned even more than I thought I was capable of. The anxiety and fear I felt my first week of school has faded away and I now I feel as though I can tackle anything that comes my way.