Captain Phillips Communication

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INTRODUCTION: Trapped for multiple days in a small lifeboat with four Somali pirates, only one of whom speaks English, Captain Rich Phillips finds himself in a situation in which he must rely on communication in order to survive. Before finding himself in the lifeboat Captain Phillips communicated with his crew in order to keep all of them safe in the presence of the pirates. Throughout the ordeal, Captain Phillips and the Somali pirates rely on a variety of communication concepts in order to achieve their own goals. Within the movie Captain Phillips produced by Sony Pictures and directed by Paul Greengrass, the following communication concepts defined by Floyd are portrayed: accommodating, collectivism, dominance, empowerment, face-threatening …show more content…

165). Within the movie, hate speech was used by the captain of the second pirate boat in order to degrade and intimidate Muse and those within his boat. The pirate did this by calling the members of the boat that Muse was the captain of women and saying that they were weak and coawards (Greengrass, 2013). He did this in order to seem like he was going to be the dominant and successful captain. However, he ended up being the coward and running when Captain Phillips made a bluff that the US Navy was on their way to protect the ship when they actually were …show more content…

249). Anger is a dominant emotion throughout this movie and is portrayed by nearly every character. When the pirates are searching the ship and the youngest pirate steps on the shattered glass, severely injuring his foot, the pirates express anger as they feel as though it was a trap set by the ship’s crew (Greengrass, 2013). The pirates exhibited this anger by screaming at Captain Phillips, threatening him with their guns, and then fighting amongst themselves. Towards the end of the movie the pirates exhibit anger within their group because they feel as though there were multiple poor decisions made by each member of the group throughout the

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