Mediated: Interpersonal & Masspersonal
The positives of mediated communication (hint: 3)
What is connecting, meaningful, and healthy?
Groups with whom you identify
What is an in-group?
Evaluations of self-worth.
What is self-esteem?
When family communication patterns are high in conformity and low in conversation.
What is Protective family communication pattern?
Messages that convey to others that they matter or don't matter
Interaction distinguished by uniqueness, interdependence, self-disclosure, and intrinsic rewards
What is interpersonal communication?
Bringing your own culture wherever you go, including religion, traditions, & clothing
What is Accomodation?
Obsolete information, distorted feedback, perfectionism, social expectations
What are reasons that self-evaluations can be distorted?
What is a family boundary?
Argumentativeness & Complaining
What are disagreeing messages?
What is superficiality in mediated communication?
Age, race, ethnicity, geographical region, religion, shared activities
What are co-culture groups?
Manner, Appearance, Setting
What is impression management?
Intimacy, Passion, Commitment
What are the 3 components of the Triangular Theory of Love?
They always protect their own face, and the face of others as well.
What is a competent communicator?
Sleep deprivation, addiction, depression, loneliness, and social anxiety are all unhealthy consequences of this
What is social media?
Where someone feels discomfort or threated around things they don't know, therefore trying to evade them.
What is Uncertainty Avoidance?
Two models that describe the degrees and awareness of self-disclsoure.
What is the Social Penetration Model and the Johari Window Model?
"you're an idiot!" is an example of this toxic horsemen,
What is contempt?
The social death penalty.
What is ostracism (or stonewalling)?
An unspoken rule that if you message someone, you'll get a response.
What is mutual obligation?
Achieving open-mindedness about other cultures is difficult because of this.
What is ethnocentrism?
Loss of influence & control
What are 2 risks of self-disclosure?
Repetitive arguments about the same issue.
In this order:
Speakers hide their true motive
Speakers make decisions for their partner
Speakers are indifferent
Speakers judge their partner
Speakers feel like they have the truth
Speakers are not treating others as equal
What are the defense-provoking behaviors Strategy, Control, Neutrality, Evaluation, Certainty, Superiority?