More discussion. Week of may 6th-13th D3

One concept that I think could use some further discussion from the semester would be, organizational communication. I believe that everyone will at least have one job throughout their lifetime where they will have to deal with a large group of people and work together to get it done efficiently. Within organizational communication is interviewing skills. I think that it is necessary for people to learn how to prepare and succeed in an interview. People should know how to properly answer interview questions, form resumes and be professional. In order to succeed in life, many people will have to get a job in the first place and in order to get a job they will need to have strong interview skills. Organizational communication is an important concept and it deals with a group setting of people at times. Everyone should learn the proper skills to excel in organizational communication. Once someone has those skills and concepts down, who know what can then stop them.

interesting concept week of may 6th-13th D2

I found multiple concepts in this class to be interesting. The concept that was probably the most interesting to me would be the nonverbal communication. It was nice to learn more about it, and different cues that people give off. There was a lot of information that I learned from this concept. Its also interesting to know that at times, people can be unaware of their nonverbal gestures and cues that other people may read from them communicating. There are multiple nonverbal codes that  include, body movement, facial expressions, vocal characteristics, time, space, physical appearance and more. Nonverbal is a key concept when communicating with others in a face to face atmosphere and people should be aware of the things that they do while communicating. Also to know that some nonverbal codes can be different in other cultures was interesting to learn more about. To know that smiling in one culture can mean on thing like happiness and friendliness while it in another it can be seen as rude or offensive. Nonverbal messages can be tricky at times, and people should be careful with some things that they do while communicating with others.

Reseach Methods. Week of May 7th-13th D1

I think that all of the research methods are interesting. The one that suck out the most to me was the performance research. Performance research is when the researcher focuses on analyzing the aesthetic and/or social meaning of performances.  This form would be fun to try since at times the researches either actually performance them themselves or observes them to get the undercover meanings of texts. When researches re-create a text, they discover and are able to share first hand their findings and understanding of things as well. If I wanted to form a research question of deception, the type of method I would use would be a survey research. I would first make sure that it was anonymous so that people would answer the question and feel comfortable answering it truthfully. The question I might ask would be, “How does deception affect people’s credibility when talking to others in a face to face setting?”