My topic is the reaction of students in the dining halls have when they are asked questions on their life, whether or not they will engage in conversations. I am interested because it can describe how the atmosphere of dining halls can be a predicament of social interaction between strangers. I am expecting to find minimum engagement from strangers. In the second, longer paragraph, describe your field work, including why you chose this method. (20 points) My fieldwork was taken place in Crossroads during Sunday night for dinner. I choice the breaching method to challenge the social norms that are in places like the common areas for Berkeley students. The method gave me the understanding of how much students are capable to talk with their bear peers. I am …show more content…
In half a page or more, describe what happened. Be concise but relate important details. (20 points) (bullet points) Dinner is the busiest in Crossroads almost all chairs were occupied. If there is space then the area was dirty filled with some food and drink slips. Therefore when I found an empty seat and a clean section, I did not hesitate to ask the group seating in front of me, two men, if I could sit there. I left my backpack and a full plate of food on the table while I went to get more food. I retrieved back slowly consuming my food meanwhile ease dropping their conversations. I was interested to find out what they were talking about so I can strike up a conversation. When their conversation had come to end, I asked one of the men where they were from because of their strong Hispanic accent. He explained that he was from Mexico and I asked his roommate the same question his response was friendly. I started to ask further questions on their interested in technology. They explained to me that they were interested in advancements in robotics and math. Their attitude in their interest cued me to believe they were upper classmen. Both men were Berkeley
And during that meal, one of his friends was getting drunk and began to yell and cry. He complained a lot about how hypocritical and cold Americans are and how much he missed his hometown. Since I was here for only a few weeks, I was really confused. Is he telling the truth or he is just too drunk? Are all of the Americans hypocritical? I was asking myself these questions again and again back then and worried a lot about my future. However, with more time spent here, I gradually met plenty of nice Americans and became friends with them. And one day, I reminded his words and suddenly got what he
Conversation Analysis was the most appropriate to use to analyse this data as the conversation was naturalistic and not manipulated or set up by a researcher. The conversation in question was transcribed using the Jeffersonian style of transcription (Jefferson, 2004) and the transcript was then read, with the conversation features that were significant to gossip and storytelling being singled out. We can then use this data to establish themes in the conversation and answer our research question ‘what is the purpose of gossip in this student
Throughout the semester, we have been introduced to many topics related to interpersonal communication. I have come to believe that these concepts have allowed me to better understand interactions that occur in our daily lives. My knowledge of these concepts was challenged when asked to relate these notions to a movie. During the time that I was watching the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I realized myself grasping onto what was going on and being able to relate certain scenes and situations to topics I had previously learned about. Interactions in My Big Fat Greek Wedding display concepts of conflict and politeness theory, which can be pointed out in a few specific scenes.
Jumbling up my words and needlessly long pauses are a common occurrence in my attempts to converse with people. With this in mind, I set out to communicate with the fine folks in the food court of Cordova Mall. Normally I would shy away from such a task, but for my own personal benefit this was the best option. The main goal of this experiment was to record how the subjects reacted to my presence while they dine. My expectations were for people to feel awkward about my being there and want me to leave, I was quickly proven otherwise. Two of the tests shattered my belief that I would be
One day i was going out with my friends but i didn't have a ride ther. So i had to take an uber to the place. Once i got inside the car, the uber driver started talking to me. I responded even though i hate small talk. He then said, “Where did you come from?” I was shocked to see that he just assumed that i was an immigrant. I was caught of guard and was kind
Conversation analysis was developed as a systematic study of discourse. This was established by the American pioneers in this sector, Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff, and Gail Jefferson. This was further labeled as the 'systematic analysis of the talk produced in everyday situations of human interaction: talk-in-interaction' (Hutchby and Wooffitt, 1998: 13). The study of conversational analysis is an approach to understand how individuals create and understand conversations, looking into investigating the elements of turn-taking, overlapping, pauses within a piece of discourse. The early development of conversational analysis has been deep rooted within sociology, as Harvey Sacks was mainly concerned with creating a way that 'sociology could become a naturalistic, observational science” (Hutchby and Wooffitt, 1998: 25).' The critical analysist's within Conversational analysis are concerned with any discourse, being informal or formal. The most important aspect of...
.... Write a short justification for your choice, based on your literature review. There is not necessarily one ideal method, so your arguments for or against certain equipment will have a greater influence on your marks, than your actual choice of method. (1000 words max).
My heart was thumping wildly, “What if I mess up?”, “What if I ask the wrong questions?” “What if I get them mixed up?” I was just before panicking. I arrived at the coffee shop where Mrs. Cleantech and I agreed to get together. We decided to meet at 3:00 to avoid the large lunch and supper crowds. What timing! We met at the front door! I asked the hostess if we could have some privacy. She was accommodating and guided us to a small table in the rear corner of the room. My confidence was rising, I think I was appropriately dressed! I was wearing my black slacks with a light green jacket. Mrs. Joe Cleantech was wearing simple clothes; brown slacks and a yellow sweater. We shook hands, introduced ourselves and sat down.
Waking up the day after my arrival, everything was pushed on me. I got ready and headed to breakfast. Sitting alone made me think to myself that some of the individuals there had already known each other from back home. After breakfast, the leaders from my group introduced themselves and all of us students traveling were divided. Education has taught us how bad it is to categorize people based on
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Beebe, Steven A., Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond. "Understanding Self and Others." Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2009. 43. Print.
John Hughes’ 1985 film, The Breakfast Club, gives countless examples of the principles of interpersonal communication. Five high school students: Allison, a weirdo, Brian, a nerd, John, a criminal, Claire, a prom queen, and Andrew, a jock, are forced to spend the day in Saturday detention. By the end of the day, they find that they have more in common than they ever realized.
SC: You write about the importance of positive social interactions. What does this mean for introverts, who often prefer their social time in smaller doses, with closer friends, and punctuated by solitude?
I first began at Trader Joe’s on a Saturday afternoon. The store was filled with 20 or so people, not including my brother and I. As we walked in, we began loudly speaking to each other in Spanish. Immediately I noticed a women standing at the checkout line, glaring at us. She only stared and made no comment. We weaved through the aisles making conversation about the food as we passed by. To my surprise many of the shoppers seemed okay with us. Then there were those that were completely transparent; I could tell we were making them uncomfortable. We walked into one of the aisles and a man gave us a grumpy look, as if we just invaded his personal space, and moved to another section of the store. Another woman, and what I assume to be her husband, whispered to each other while making quick glances at us. Not only did the “normal” people feel uncomfortable but so did I. I didn’t enjoy being the only one speaking Spanish and neither did my brother. We both felt out of place, like we didn’t belong. No one had to explicitly say anything to us because their body language said it all; we were
The Topic I decided on is the socialization of children with no siblings versus the socialization of children with multiple siblings. The first question i had was is there a big difference in which children with siblings and children without siblings mature with their socialization? I investigated whether or not the more siblings you have affects your ability to socialize as you mature. I feel it is important to examine this issue because people are not aware how many children they have can affect how there child socializes with others. I myself am a only child and when i was younger found it difficult socializing with others. I used to not know what to say to other children because i did not have the practice that my peers did. I still find myself sometimes thinking if this is okay to say, or thinking a lot about what to say next in the conversation, or when it is my turn to speak. My topic is clearly more focused towards the Sociology discipline. It is more towards sociology because it examines the way people socialize as they get older/mature. I also examined people's cultural and religious background and looked at that information. That information tells me if the way you were brought up or socialized effects why you have the amount of siblings you do, or effects the how comfortable you are with socializing with people. It is also important for society to examine this because it directly effects everyone. Everyone is either born with no siblings or born with them. So for parents want to make a completely conscious decision on whether they want to have one or multiple children, because it will effect their child’s life greatly. For example if parents of only children allow their kids to observe minor parental ...