20-Narrative Paradigm
19-Dramatism
18-Rhetoric
17 & 16-Organizations
15 & 14-Groups
100
Related to Fisher's notion of fidelity is the primary method that he proposes for assessing narrative fidelity: the logic of
What is good reasons? (p. 363)
100
Burke asserted that words, thoughts, and actions have...
What is extremely close connections with one another?
100
Aristotle's definition of ___________ has become corrupted over the years and now is used as a pejorative term for words without substance or action.
What is rhetoric?
100
Which of the three stages in the process of reducing equivocality requires an organization to make a decision about the rules and cycles that will be used for obtaining or understanding information?
What is selection?
100
The five bases of social power are considered to be _________ resources.
What is authoritative?
200
After listening to his daughter's story about an event that happened at school, Alberto says, "I believe the story because a similar thing happened to me when I was in sixth grade." Alberto is judging his daughter's story on the basis of
What is material coherence (p. 362)
200
_________ occurs when two people overlap in terms of their substance.
What is identification?
200
_________ refers to the perceived character, intelligence, and goodwill of a speaker.
What is ethos?
200
Kendall's project team is reviewing the information that it received from other teams in the organization. They focus on assigning meaning and interpreting the information they have received in order to determine its level of equivocality. Which stage of the process of reducing equivocality is Kendall's team experiencing?
What is enactment?
200
Structuration is defined as ________________.
What is the process by which systems are produced and reproduced through members' use of rules & resources.
300
____ are found in all cultures & time periods, provide for the sharing of the practical wisdom that all individuals possess, and are affected by history, biography, culture and character.
What are Narratives?
300
Message strategies, storytelling, apologies, and speech making are associated with which element of the pentad?
What is agency?
300
One assumption of the Aristotelian theory of rhetoric is that effective speakers must consider their audiences. This assumption underscores the notion of communication as a ____ process.
What is transactional process?
300
The major criticism of Organizational Culture Theory noted in your text is that
What is that the theory lacks CONSISTENCY because many stories may not have shared meaning?
300
Structuration Theory was created as a way to understand complicated group dynamics. What kind of theoretical model was widely used before this theory to understand group dynamics?
What is that Old School models looked at groups moving from stage-to-stage (as in forming, norming, storming, and performing).
400
After seeing the movie Next Stop, Abigail tells Ruthie that she did not believe the characters. In fact, Abigail thinks that the actions of the characters in the movie were inconsistent with their motivations. The basis on which Abigail judges the characters in Next Stop is known as
What is characterological coherence?
400
Louie is late for his date with Rachel. When she asks him why, he says, "My roommate had been borrowing my car and was late getting back with it. He's so irresponsible; I'm definitely not rooming with him again next year." Louie is engaging in____
What is scapegoating?
400
While running for president of the United States, Barack Obama gave many speeches advocating health care reform in the United States. These speeches were a form of _________ oratory. (choices: epideictic, forensic, deliberative)
What is deliberative?
400
Organizational _________ are used to inform members about what standards and principles are viewed as being important by the organization.
What is values?
400
John, Bob, and Tom are all going to the movies on a Saturday night. John & Tom are talking about skipping the movies to go to the local hangout & drink beer with the rest of the under-aged kids in their class. Bob is really uncomfortable with this, but he's not speaking up because he fears John & Tom will call him a baby or tell him that he can't hang out with them. Bob's fear is an example of which groupthink concept (noted in the assumptions by Dennis Gouran)? *Thanks to Courtney & Sarah in the 9:30am class for this question on ch. 14. :)
What is affiliative constraints?
500
When you are skeptical about your classmate's account of what happened at last night's party because it is inconsistent with what your roommate told you happened, you are doubting the ____________ of your classmate's story.
What is material coherence?
500
Following publicity of the scandal that ended his political career, Eliot Spitzer said, "I have begun to atone for my private failings. … The remorse I feel will always be with me." In another speech, he said, "I have acted in a way that violates my or any sense of right and wrong. … I apologize to the public, who I promise better." These are examples of____
What is mortification?
500
Isabella is working on a project on rhetoric for her communication studies class. She has to observe an example of forensic rhetoric. Where should Isabella go to complete her assignment? (choices: a political rally, a funeral, a courthouse, a city council meeting)
What is a courthouse?
500
The material objects of an organization, such as the your school's logo and buildings, are called ______.
What are physical symbols?
500
Pressure exerted on the group by issues & events both inside and outside of the group is called ____. *Thanks to Courtney & Sarah in the 9:30am class for this question on ch. 14. :)
What is internal and external stress?
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