Sunday, September 16, 2012
Post 3
This week the most interesting thing that I learned was our ability to accept certain guidelines in our everyday in language. These guidelines that we accept are known as communication rules. Communication rules are our "shared understandings of communication means and what kind of communication are appropriate in particular situation" (Wood, 95). These understandings include how to answer a telephone politely, how to interact with others in a library, and also how to politely listen to others points in a conversation without interrupting them. In the library you would not talk in your normal tone of voice, you would speak softer and quieter because you know the library is a very quiet place where people read and do homework. With these communication rules come two other types of rules as well, these include the following: regulative rules, and constitutional rules. Regulatory rules tell us where when and and with whom to talk about certain things. Constitutive rules specify how to interpret and perform different kinds of communication.
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Hi Lauren :)
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cool that you picked this topic as the one the interested you the most since I also find it to be a pretty interesting subject. I think it's strange how, without meaning to, we just automatically register certain things as acceptable or not acceptable it certain situations. Or how quickly we adapt to new rules in new situations. Like if maybe you're going to a fancy restaurant for the first time and you wear jeans and a t-shirt and eat really sloppily or something, you can practically sense the vibes from other people that you're doing something wrong.
It's a strange concept to me, but a very cool one at the same time.