Chapter 5 The Measage Coordinated Management of Meaning

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Author Coordinated Management of Meaning

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Pearce and Cronen

Question 2

Tradtion(3) Coordinated Management of Meaning

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Phenomenological
Cybernetic
Sociocultural

Question 3

Communication context Coordinated Management of Meaning

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Intrapersonal/ interpersonal

Question 4

Approach to knowing Coordinated Management of Meaning

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Positivist/empirical and interpretive /hermeneutic

Question 5

Overall theory Coordinated Management of Meaning

assumptions

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People co-create meaning with rules and coordinations

assumptions:

• Human beings live in communication - way of doing things
• Human beings co-create a social reality
  Social constructionism: people co-construct social reality in conversation
  Social reality: Two with different past experiences create a new reality together
• Information transactions depend on personal and interpersonal meaning - Communication is about meaning and meanings are constantly changing from interaction to interaction.

Question 6

Overall, two different meanings

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Personal: with own experiences to a communication
Interpersonal: when two agree on meaning -often negotiated

Question 7

The hierarchy of organized meaning

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Core features of theory

Higher level help lower level meaning

Occurs at more levels at the time

Question 8

6. Content

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Conversation of raw data into meaning

From some past experiences, convert symbols observed into meaning

Question 9

5. Speech act

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The intention of the speaker

Complementing, threatening e.g.

Co-constructed- need to people or more

Non verbal too

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4. Episodes

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Communication routines with beginning and end - the context in which people act(speech act)

Punctuation( identifying beginning and end) may be discussed, cultural decided or structured in e.g family(norms and routines)

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3. Relationship

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The understanding of potential and limitations between two people

Both be much or also not personal relations

What to talk about and how to behave

Better handle or avoid conflict when aware of the guidelines

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2. Life scripts

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Past experiences

How you view yourself though your lifetime

Help future plans

My family was very loving so I expect my family and partner to be that

A partnership Will after some time co-create a life script of how things are done, and something to combare with!

Question 13

1. Cultural pattern

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Images of the world and a persons relationship to it

E.g. Citizen of the world, of Denmark or as a student (cultural archy types)

Important to consider when interpreting meaning

Individualism: think about myself before the group

Collectivism: think about the group before myself

Question 14

Loop

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Lower levels of meaning can reflect back and affect meaning of higher level

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Charmed loop

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Rules of meaning are the same throughout the loop

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Stange loop

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Rules if meaning can change in the loop

E.g. Life Script: alcoholic
Episode I can’t control drinking
Lifescript change: not alcoholic
Episode: can control drinking

Question 17

Coordinating meaning

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Coordinate what to do

Don’t agree
Agree a little - compromise
Agree

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Coordination is influences by resources

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Stories symbols and images that people use to make sense of the world

Perception memories

If vary, communication can be difficult

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First type of rule to coordinate meaning - constitutive rules

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Rules: organize behavior and help understand how the meaning should be understood to understand intentions

Eg I love you have different meanings to different people

Suggest relationship type(rules) and the episode will determine how the statements should be received

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Regular rules

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Guideline for people’s behavior

E.g. What to do when meaning new people

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Unwanted repetitive patterns

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Repeating conflicts in a relationship

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Critics- scope

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Unclear if too broad

Abstract and imprecise definitions or lack of clarification

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Critic- Parsimony

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A efficient model (e.g. With the hierarchy of meaning) to theoretical consumers

A simple model to understand something complex

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Critic -heurism

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Used in many areas (adoption, chrildren health, refugee families)

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Conclusion

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Show how people co-create meaning in conversations

• Look at communication as different scripts in different contexts, where the different context demands different rules e.g. an exam, starting a family.

Question 26

Example communication

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fx in an exam there is different rules on how to behave. When marketers use this it is to look through the eyes of others to see which rules to obey .