Core Communication Questions

What is communication?

What do we mean by a “ritual” view?

Basic Questions What is communication? What do we mean by a “ritual” view? What does it mean to say communication rituals involve “theory-driven practices”?

Basic Questions What is communication? What do we mean by a “ritual” view? What does it mean to say communication rituals involve “theory-driven practices”?

Questions about Theory and Conflict * What is window-bashing?

Questions about Theory and Conflict What is window-bashing? What is “consent” in Deetz’s sense of the term?

Questions about Theory and Conflict What is window-bashing? What is “consent” in Deetz’s sense of the term? In what areas of experience do conflicts arise (5 main areas)?

Questions about Theory and Conflict What is window-bashing? What is “consent” in Deetz’s sense of the term? In what areas of experience do conflicts arise (5 main areas)? How do “productive” vs. “reproductive” approaches to problem solving differ?

Questions about Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology

What is your object of study? What alternative or competing definitions/descriptions are plausible?

Questions about Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology What is your object of study? What alternative or competing definitions/descriptions are plausible? What claims can you make, with what evidence?

Questions about Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology What is your object of study? What alternative or competing definitions/descriptions are plausible? What claims can you make, with what evidence? Is it just or unjust? Is it beautiful or ugly? Is it advancing some group’s values at others’ expense?

Remember

Actual concrete communication practices are the material locus of abstract qualities such as identity (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, etc.), roles, beliefs, rules, etc.

Remember Actual concrete communication practices are the material locus of abstract qualities such as identity (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, etc.), roles, beliefs, rules, etc. Communication practices are our data!