Communication 2012 Fall Take Home Visa

Communication

2012 Fall

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1. Find a picture and identify the following elements of communication:

A.      Source, receiver:  in this picture the person who is preforming the speech is the source (encoder) and the audiences are the receivers (decoders).

B.      Potential source of noise:  as in the picture, audience are gathered in the conference room  there can be a lot of potential sources of noise, such as the echo of the speakers, whispers or the convers of the other people around.

C.      Types of messages: in this picture we can sense that the speaker is preforming a speech or presenting something.

D.      Communication channel: the encoder in this picture mainly uses the local channel and the formal communication channel.

E.       Positive effects: as the encoder is preforming a speech it basically shows that it is a positive effect where all the audience is paying attention.

F.       Purpose: the purpose of this communication can led us to a point that it may be a discovery of public goods and understanding the society as there is a feedback from the audience as well.

2.”Communication involves content and relationship dimensions”.

A) Based on this principle of communication create a dialogue (interpersonal and not more than 10 utterances) including some failures of communication due to content and relation aspect. Write a second version of the dialogue where the communication problems do not occur.

B) Comment on the two versions you have created.

1)  Dialogue:

Daughter: mom I am going out today.

Mom: no you are not. You are grounded for your low grades; you need to work them out.

Daughter: no way I am staying home tonight, its weekend!

Mom: that is out of my concern, it is your bad you brought low grades and that you aren’t going anywhere tonight.

Daughter: you can’t punish me for this reason.

2) Dialogue:

Daughter: mom can I go out today?

Mom: my dear, you have to work out you low grades.

Daughter: mom, please its weekend today, let me go out today at least.

Mom: only if you promise to higher your grades and work hard.

Daughter: I promise, I will.

Mom: fine you can, but be careful don’t be late.

Daughter: thank you mom J

1)      Comment:   

The first dialogue above shows the conversation between a daughter and a mother. The stubborn daughter is informing her mom that she is going out but in a very disrespectful way, where her mother reacts in a very angry tone reminding her that she is grounded for her low grades. The daughter insists and focuses in the content. Finally her mother doesn’t agree. 

2)      Comment:

In the second dialogue above, this time the daughter asks permission to go out, this time she kindly focuses in the content, she is aware of the fact she has responsibilities and they both made settlements, which shows the rational aspect of the message. So her mother’s respond is positive towards her daughter and allows her to go out with a deal made for higher grades.

3. A) create a communication act in which there are feedback, feed forward, contradictory messages and an attempt to uncommunicate.

   

Jane: hey sweetie can you come with me to pick a dress for my prom?

Kate: yes, of course I would love too.  Do you have anything in mind?

Jane: yes, a mini tight dress.

Kate: don’t you think that would be too much for a prom?

Jane: no. why should it be? Its prom!

Kate well because you will be pulling a lot of attention and you won’t be able to move properly.

Jane:  you mean I should just get a simple/ordinary dress just to be comfortable at prom so I won’t pull attention.

Kate: no, you know I didn’t mean that. Of course I want you to get a nice dress.

Jane: it’s best if I go with my mom and sister.

Kate: as you like J

B) Comment on those issues.

Comment:

 Dialogues above shows the conversation between Jane and Kate, Jane asks if Kate would join her at picking up her prom dress, while she starts saying what kind of dress she wants Kate gives her advice that her dress will be over exaggerated for prom and Jane disliked her thought  and they starts disagreeing as the conversation gets further. Jane tells Kate that it’s better if she goes with her mother and sister, as Kate responses with an irony by saying “as you like”.

The conversation above contain all four components of communication (feedback, feed forward, contradictory messages)

4. “Communication involves symmetrical and complementary transactions”.

Exemplify this principle of communication.

In the ELT department every student gets a chance to make presentations, mostly group presentations. In these groups presentation team work is one of the most important factor. If one member of the group is not prepared and does continue mistakes all the group members will be affected. This is called symmetrical transaction.

In other way around if the teacher is angry with the unprepared students and starts scolding them for this process, the student wont reply  the teacher due to the respect as they are forced to do whatever the teacher ask them to do because teacher has the full authority in the classroom. This is called complementary transaction.