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Symbolic Interactionism, Narrative Paradigm and Dramatism Flashcards

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Who created the Symbolic Interactionism theory?

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George Herbert Mead

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What is the Symbolic Interactionism Theory?

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Individuals discover who they are not through personal introspection but through interaction with others.

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Mind

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The ability to use symbols that have common social meanings.

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Does George. H. Mead believe we are born with mind?

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No, we acquire mind with symbolic systems.

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What is a socialization process?

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Becoming aware of social meanings for symbols.

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Self

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The ability to reflect on ourselves through the perspectives of others.

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Does George. H. Mead believe we are born with self?

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No, we develop self through interaction with other.

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What are the two components that make up Self?

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Me and I.

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Me

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Analytical, reasoned, evaluative. Cares about rules and conventions, the objective self.

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I

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Imaginative, impulsive, unruly. Cares little about social rules and conventions, the driving force for all that is unpredictable, novel and unorganized in the self.

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I and Me are not opposing forces they are

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complimentary

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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When we live up to other’s ideas of who we are.

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What are the 5 concepts of Symbolic Interactionism Theory?

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1) Mind
2) Self
3) I
4) Me
5) Role taking

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Role Taking

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The process of internalizing other’s perspectives and viewing experience from their perspectives. (Ex. Mean Girls mirror scene.)

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Particular Others

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Important people in our lives that are close to us.

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Generalized Others

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Viewpoint of a social group or community that we pick up on because we are a part of that community.

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What are 3 critiques of Symbolic Interactionism?

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1) Conceptual inconsistencies
2) Too broad and vague
3) No mention of self esteem

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Who created the Dramatism Theory?

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Kenneth Burke

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What is the Dramatism Theory?

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Life is a drama that can be understood in dramatic terms.

Rhetorical acts of communications as drama.

20
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What is Identification?

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Consubstantiality, people are separated by social, economic geographical etc structures. We use rhetorical communication to enhance our common ground, to IDENTIFY with each other and overcome our differences.

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Consubstantiality

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Common Substance

22
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With identification we cannot…

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overcome division that exists between people

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Dramatistic Pentad

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1) Act
2) Agent
3) Scene
4) Agency
5) Purpose

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Act

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What was done

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Agent

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Who did it

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Scene

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Where it was done

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Agency

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Means by which the act was performed

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Purpose

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Why it happened

29
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What role does guilt play in Kenneth Burke’s theory?

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Guilt is the main reason why human communicate

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What are the three things humans feel guilty about?

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1) Hierarchy
2) Perfection
3) The Negative

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Mortification

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Purging guilt through self blame

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Victimage

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Purging guilt by blaming external source

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Language gives us insight

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to who a person is and how they see things.

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Dramatism

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an analytical process for gaining insight to a speaker’s motives and worldview.

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What are two critiques of dramatism?

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1) Only guilt?

2) Obscure and confusing

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What is the Narrative Paradigm theory?

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That humans are storytelling creatures that are better persuaded through narratives as opposed to factual information. Most communication assumes narrative form.

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Narrative

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A story told within a piece of rhetoric of communication

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Paradigm

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A conceptual framework; a universal model that calls for people to view events from a common lens.

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What are the two standards of narrative rationality?

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1) Coherence

2) Fidelity

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Coherence

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Whether or not the story makes sense, evaluates the narrative structure and credibility of characters.

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Fidelity

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Does the story correspond with the listener’s own experiences and beliefs?

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What are three critiques of the Narrative Paradigm?

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1) incomplete
2) too broad a scope
3) conservative bias

43
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Walter Fisher

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Narrative Paradigm

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Looking Glass Self

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A process of learning who we are, based on others’ idea of who we are. We develop self through interaction with others.

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