Further Discussion....Last Week!!! Post 3

I feel most concepts in the book were gone through quite extensively. I feel as though if anything maybe the chapter on public communication could’ve been longer in that public communication is such a big part of life and communicating in a public sphere is very important for many jobs. I think the chapter could have been more elaborate when it was talking about types of arguments. I feel the authoritative and motivational arguments and substantive arguments had so much within each of those sections that it could have been broadened. I think this is especially true when talking about fallacies because that didn’t really go into depth and just talked about post hoc fallacy when in reality there are many more fallacies.

Concept I found Interesting...Last Week!!! Post 2

The general topic and chapter I found most interesting was chapter twelve, intercultural communication. Most of the concepts within this chapter I found very interesting because of how important intercultural communication is in California and especially in a melting pot such as San Jose. Some of the most important concepts I found interesting was individualism and collectivism. Because individualistic cultures are so much different from collectivistic cultures I feel as though it is very important to realize these differences because it explains a lot about how people from these cultures act with one another. People who were raised in the United States being a very individualistic culture tend to look out more for themselves and communicate much differently than someone from say Japan which is very collectivistic.

Reasearch Methods...Last Week!!! Post 1

The research method I found most interesting was ethnography. “The researcher observes behavior in its natural setting” (Trenholm 374). I find this to be the most interesting because the researcher is developing their conclusions off what they see instead of having a set research agenda in hand and systematically conducting a research analysis. To study deception a research question I may use would say “In a relationship who tends to lie more, men or women? For this question I would most likely use Survey research because it is typically the easiest to code and would be the easiest to get a set response to my question given that the population I distributed the surveys to were equal in gender.