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COM 212 Interpersonal Communication

Dr. Marcia D. Dixson

NF 230B

481-6558

dixson@ipfw.edu

Mom and me

Navigating the rough waters of interpersonal communication!

(My mom and I on the river)

 

 

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Unit Two: Self - Interpersonally, who are you?

January 24 - February 6

Sunday - Tuesday (1/25) : Key Concepts for Chapters Two and Three (actual quiz is in Blackboard)

Wednesday (1/26):
Post your initial answer in your group discussion forum (see information on Units page for Successfully Using Discussion Forums) to the following:
Given the case study on page, 68, "Ethics and Self-Disclosure" what would you do? Write a sentence or two stating exactly what your Step 5 Chart your course would look like. Then, support your decision using information from your text and the previous four steps in the study. The format for your answer (and the group's final answer) should be:
Action: Sentence or two
Support: Paragraph or two that provides support, explanation, reasoning using what you have learned in the chapter.
Wednesday - Wednesday (2/2): Discussion of case study in your groups. Final answers (in the above format) must be posted in your forum with the topic "FINAL ANSWER FOR YOURGROUPNAME".

Friday (1/28) Your first "real" interpersonal analysis addition (where you are actually applying concepts) to your webpage is due this unit.  To help you better understand some of the concepts in the course and be able to apply them to improve your own interpersonal communication skills, you need to:
Choose two of the following:

1) Apply the concepts of self-awareness, social comparison, looking-glass self, and self-discrepancy theory.  Page 45 (Focus on Culture box) of your text states, “We live in an ‘appearance culture,’ a society that values and reinforces extreme, unrealistic ideas of beauty and body shape.”  Do you live in this culture?  To answer this question consider the following questions: How much of what you buy is based on living up to standards set by media?  How many of your expectations regarding how you should look, dress, and act are based on expectations from media, society and peers rather than your values (or your family’s values)?  Once you have done this analysis, decide: 1) Whether you live in this ‘appearance culture’ to some extent.  2) Why you answered this way.

Interested in an evaluation of your own self esteem?  Psychology Today's Self -Esteem Test

Want to raise your self-esteem?  Here's some good tips: Improving your self-esteem

2) Consider the channels you choose for interpersonal communication.  Over the course of two “typical days”, analyze how you communicate with family, significant others (best friends, romantic partners), friends, acquaintances (co-workers, fellow students etc.).  Do you communicate primarily face-to-face, phone, text, email, instant messaging, facebook (or other similar sites), online chat, discussion forums, online video gaming, etc.?  For each type of relationship (family, significant other, friend, acquaintance): 1) describe the two or three primary channels you use and 2) evaluate how effective these are in maintaining/developing that type of relationship.

Interested in how people manage their identify online?  Check out this website: Identity management in cyberspace

3) Understanding self-disclosure, social penetration theory, and/or the Johari window.  Choose an interpersonal relationship you have; either family, significant other, friend, or acquaintance.  Create a diagram of either the Johari window or the “onion” of the self-disclosure that has occurred in this relationship.  Your diagram should indicate how much and how indepth this person’s knowledge of you is.  Once you have created it, ask the person to review it and comment on its accuracy from his/her perspective.  Is the amount/level of self-disclosure effective for this relationship?  Why or why not?

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    An alternative would be for you and five of your family/friends to complete the quick assessment at the Johari Window website.  To report on this - a) recreate the diagram/table on your webpage, b) explain who the five people were who completed it for you, c) ignore the "unknown" box (they put everything that has not been selected in there whether it applies or not), and d)  explain anything you learned about yourself - i.e., are you "hiding" things that you had not realized you were hiding (facade is those areas you believe but that others do not see)?  do your friends/family recognize characteristics that you might not have considered (blind spot).

Interested in an evaluation of your self-disclosure?  Pscyhology Today's Self-Disclosure Test


Things to remember about webpages:
    •    Read the information on the Units page about Additions to Interpersonal Analysis webpages (IAW)
    •    Start early and ask for help often if you are not familiar with building webpages
    •    Post pictures, if you like, but please do not post too many as that really increases the amount of time to load your page
    •    Write for the web (information about this on the Units page as well)

Friday - Thursday (2/3): Comment on your group members' webpages in the Unit Two Webpage Comments forum. Answer the following questions for each of your group members' webpages:

1. First check your group members’ webpages to be sure they have:

2. Then, choose one person who you feel “taught” you something about this unit’s concepts – what did that person teach you with his/her website? Why does learning about that concept matter?

Thursday - Sunday (2/6): Debate final answers for case study in Unit Two Debate Discussion Forum (see Units page for information on Debating Final Answers).

Friday (2/4): Final revisions to Unit Two Interpersonal Analysis Webpage (IAW) due