Comm 1010 Review Chapter 5 Groups and Alliances 5 Adjourning 1 Forming Group Stages 2 Storming 4 Performin g 3 Norming Terms to Know Definition Shared global understandings of objects individuals and processes Facts Social knowledge knowledge of group operations Practices How members and the organization run The jargon the organization uses A comparison not using like or as apply directly to group culture Example Referring to the Willis library as Club Willis when talking to other UNT students Comprehending the reasoning behind taking a minimum of 15 credit hours a semester to be considered a full time student Complaining with our TA S policy of waiting 24 hours to ask about a grade Remember when I said TA That s vocabulary that we as college students use Making the statement to a fellow student that extra credit is a piece of Term Relevant Constructs Facts Practices Vocabulary Metaphor Stories Rites Rituals Term Ethnocentri sm Culture Narratives shared with the group to connect them More formal activities that are related to group culture Repeated activities that apply more to daily life and routine cake Telling all your peer teach group members awful tales of that one awful group member The crazy awesome payoff of sorority fraternity initiation Waking up every morning and hitting the snooze button precisely three times Terms to Know Example One religion believes that all others are beneath them because they don t know the truth This class your family your church a club that you re part of your fraternity sorority Chapter 9 Language and Power in Our Cultural Lives Perception You look at churches differently because you grew up as a preacher s kid Political Correctness Self fulfilling prophecy https www youtube com watchj v 77M2e3APoXk Believing that you are going to become a college graduate and taking the necessary steps to do so Definition The belief that your cultural group is superior to others Shared meanings and assumptions that bring people together within shared power How you see the world influenced by social political and cultural experiences Cultural shortcut What we believe to be true becomes reality through our actions Tropes https www youtube com watch v uqJUxqkcnKA Figure of speech that stands in for a very complicated understandin g of something Myth 1 Culture is Static The false notion that once a culture is established it doesn t change Myth 2 Culture and Power are separate The false notion that culture is not related to separate Myth 3 Stereotypes are built on truth The false notion that all stereotypes have some truth to them Myth 4 Progress is Progress The false notion that addresing inequalities within a culture is substantial progress for the culture Myth 5 Color Blindness is Progress The false notion that not taking race into account is progress for a culture Myth 6 We re all making a big deal about nothing The false notion that it is okay to downplay issues within a culture Chapter 10 Interpersonal Relationships in Culture Terms to Know Terms Self Definition The performance that we craft for the specific Example You would not act the same with your father as Self Disclosure Frames Patterns Rituals role we are playing in our life Revealing information about yourself that someone would not normally know The environment that helps you understand how to process communication The idea that communication is based upon patterns and rituals you do with a group of your friends at a party Telling your colleagues that you have a boyfriend girlfriend In a classroom setting you know that the teacher explaining something is important for you to understand You know that your mother will call you around 9 everyday so you are able to rely on that communication Chapter 11 Mediated Cultures Terms Co Constitution Terms to Know Definition We use and create media just as media uses and creates us Mediated Communication Surveillance Communication through the media Ability to observe Culture power and media The notion that culture power and media are all related and dependent upon each other Example Using twitter to organize a charity event and provide information to participators Communicating through social networking Potential employers looking at social networking sites before hiring you Media has the power to influence our decisions think in the political field and culture