COMM 1113 1nd Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I. Chapter Nine of Communication MattersA. Small Group CommunicationB. Importance of Small Group CommunicationOutline of Current Lecture I. What is CultureA. Spider Web AnalogyB. Defining Culture through Friday Night Lights1. Co-culture2. Aspects and Examples of Co-cultureCurrent LectureI. What is culture?A. “As humans, we live in a web of meaning that we ourselves have spun.” – Geertz1. Analogous spider web2. Human webs are made of meaning produced by humans themselves3. Each different web is a co-culture and set the boundaries for in-groups and out-groupsB. Culture: the totality of learned shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another1. Friday Night Lightsa. Culture: southern USAb. Co-culture: high school footballc. Symbols: people in the same co-culture share the meaning of certain symbolsi. Buddy Garrety: booster of the year plaque; state championship ring, football trophyd. Language:i. English, Texan dialect, football speakii. “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose”e. How does football become so important to a town?- Football as a sense of belonging- Football as a source of pride, meaning, purposef. Culture helps people overcome traumai. Star quarterback paralyzedThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ii. Dillon (Odessa) boomed as an oil town in 1926, but international oil prices cause it to become fifth worst place to live in the US and seventh most stressful city in which tolive based on alcoholism, crime, suicide, and divorce (Psychology Today)g. Co-cultures are made of valuesi. Courageii. Teamworkiii. Riskiv. No fearv. In summary, very masculine valuesvi. All for one, one for allh. Every little behavior is like a thread of meaning in a spider web, and those rituals create boundaries between in-groups and out-groupsi. Cheerleaders: traditions and rituals – baking for football players; objects – uniforms; behaviors – cheers- Cheerleader girlfriend of paralyzed quarterback gives him cookie to display that he still belongs toteamii. Marching band: uniforms and prideiii. Crowd: chants, pride, team colorsiv. Pregame prayer in football locker room among team and coachesv. The early closing of stores on Friday in preparation for the football gamei. Co-culturei. Masculine – NOT feminineii. Collectivistic (focus on the group as a whole and its well-being) – NOT individualistic (focus on individual potential)iii. High-power distance (embraces hierarchies/rankings and respect of authorities) – NOT low-power distance (equality among all people regardless of age, gender, social class, etc.iv. In the above three characteristics, a fluid oscillation across the spectrum can occur, and a co-culture does not have to be totally one descriptionv. Artifact: “P” on locker room wall as recurring imagevi. Norm: praying