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These 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. Lecture 13 Story Telling According to Walter fisher, humans are story telling animals we experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives Fisher believes good stories are more important then evidence - we are going to listen and believe a good story rather then someone spitting out information All communication types are stories - except phatic communicationis communication used for relationship maintenance, not for sharing new information - examples: jokes saying hi or happy birthday - non verbal phatic communication waves high fives Narration: symbolic actions that have sequence and meaning for those who live create and interact them - Invites listeners to interpret a stories meaning and asses its value for their own lives - Forest gump - juno narration is rooted in time and space cover all aspects of life in regard to COMM 1001 1st Editiono character o motive o action - refers to verbal and nonverbal messages QUIZ According to fisher human nature exemplifies by - story telling What is phatic communication? What is it not an example of? A shift from a rational world paradigm to a narrative one - Rational world paradigm: an approach rooted in science and philosophy assumes humans are logical making decisions on the basis of evidence Fisher believe the rational world paradigm is limited He built his own framework to explain human communication Rational world Narrative world People are logical People are story tellers People make decisions based on argument/evidence People make decisions based on good reason, depending on communication situation The speaking situation determines course of argument History biography culture and character determine what we consider good reasons Rationality is determined by how much we know and well we argue Rationality is determined by coherence and fidelity of stories *** The world is set of logical puzzles we can solve The world is set of stories form which we choose Narrative rationality : a way to evaluate the worth of a story based on narrative coherence and fidelity - Coherence-how well the story hangs together ( is it consistency) o Are the characters acting in a reliable fashion? o Are there obvious contradictions are fudged facts? o We judge coherence of a story based on other stories we have heard dealing with the same theme What are the two ways to evaluate a story? - Coherence - fidelity Fidelity The quality of a story values embedded in the message - does the story ring true to the hearers experiences? - does the story strike a responsive chord in the listeners o remember the titans clipo is this team convinced to work better together - Associated with action - people prefer accounts of what they believe to be truthful and humane Which of the following is one of the prevailing rational world paradigm ? **people are essentially rational If a stories details portray the world we live in the story has what? - Fidelity What does this theory mean for us? - Fisher says we are all qualified to assess communication no need to an expert - we make our own judgments - narratives help us (do three things) o see the world o construct our world o develop future possibilities Critique - Stories are limited to what people already value - to optimistic about people and the truth o Hitler Not all people are good so this theory is not


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