Week 15 #3

Self-image affects communication. " I" is that people are birth with, but " me " is affected by environment, family, and culture.Ting-Toomey defines that people grow up and raise in their culture. The individual -identity is stand for and related to the group-identity. the individual norm, behavior, and understanding of social value is tied to the membership in the culture group. For example, one of my friend who is Chinese, but she was adapted by an England couple when she was a baby. She grew up in London. even though she looks like a Chinese, she behaves totally an Englander; she doesn`t have any Chinese norm and culture in her mind. Therefore, " me " is influenced in the environment, culture, and family.

Week 15 #2

In communication theory, the clock face is shown the relationship of karl weick`s three criteria. The hours of twelve, four, and eight show weick`s three criteria: generalizability, accuracy, and simplicity. At twelve o`clock can be applied in every situation, it`s more successful than expected, but it is no completely context-free approach to social behavior. ( P 468) At four o`clock is pure scientist like stating, testing, and rejecting null hypothese ( p 468); it focus on explaining the tests in the pass and proving them. At eight o` clock is collapsed data into a single conclusion. The three criteria are related to each other; and can`t be done alone.

Week 15 #1

In chapter 36, Griffin mentions that communication is motivation and communication needs motivation. Motivation is that " needs and desires that drive or draw us to think, feel, and act as we do." ( Griffin, E. 2008), ( P 472). Motivation includes social exchange theory that people can see it when people will become more vulnerable in their depth and breadth of self-disclosure; need for affiliation is that human needs support and is scared to be isolated from other; need for achievement is that people want to be successful by setting goal, identity alternatives, and evaluatating the achievement; need for control is that people are controled by powerful group, and the powerful group has the greatest voice; need to reduce uncertainty is to gain knowledge and create people`s understanding. People like to discover information when they meet others in the first place; and Burke suggests that need to reduce anxiety to reinforce people`s existing beliefs, seek social support.