God in the Details examines how religion is communicated in pop culture. The editors write “the challenge, then, lies not in overcoming the “otherness” of our subjects of study, but in choreographing the dance that allows us to come into intimate closeness with these subjects and then step back to do critical analysis” (2011, p. [...]
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How Much Self-Disclosure?
Weisel & King’s study found that participants (who were strangers) in conversations with moderate and severe self-disclosure were far more forgiving than observers of the same conversations. The study challenges prior research findings which use surveys rather than face-to-face conversations to study effects of self-disclosure. share:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upShare via [...]
Defining an intimate relationship
Below are five characteristics that I believe define an intimate relationship. 1. Presence – (preferably face-to-face, this could also include online interactions) Just as we talked about presence (immediacy) being an important factor in classmate relations, this is necessary in intimate relationships. 2. Growth over time – Realizing that relationships are an ongoing process and [...]
Non-Verbal Enviornment
This week I have been frustrated with my messy house. I find it difficult to juggle my many responsibilities. My home most often gets ignored because it is not a “paid” position. This week I have been reminded of other ways that having a clean, healthy, and safe home is a “paid” position. Strom writes [...]
Convergence
I believe that I could work on speaking culturally. People in my area say things like “you’s” for “you all” and add “s” to the end of many store names, like “Wal-Mart’s”. Recently, my family received a card at church and it had been changed to say something like “you’s” and before I realized what [...]
Breaking non-verbal rules
While I was at a restaurant I stared. There was one group in particular that noticed me. There were two young children and two young women. I was staring at the little girl. I felt creepy and nervous that someone would get angry. The mother of the two children kept looking back at me and [...]
I’m a subjectivist
This week’s readings were very interesting to me. I have been trying to grasp the differences in research methods throughout this semester. It is taking me some time to learn the differences between the many technical terms. Strom, in chapter 13, outlines these techniques while writing about the social sciences. However, I mostly appreciated the [...]
Defining Communication
The NCA defines communication thoroughly. Communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meaning within and across all kinds of contexts, cultures, channels and media (Association for Communication Administration, 1995). Communication is learned. Most people are born with the physical ability to talk, but we must learn to speak well and communicate effectively. Speaking, listening, and [...]
iPods and distraction
In light of Bill McKibben’s book The age of missing information, taking time away from my iPod and putting it into time spent outdoors with God’s great creation, would do me a lot of good. Like television, my iPod presents me with a “relentless flood of information…[that] does not necessarily equal an understanding of our [...]
iPod
The technology that I want to focus on for my technology plan assignment is my iPod Touch. It has capabilities for internet, e-mail, twitter, apps and music. I can begin to see how it is biased toward taking over lives. From my technology fasts, I know that my iPod is my most missed technology. I [...]
