Chapter 5: Groups and AlliancesChapter 9: Language and Power in Our Cultural Lives.Chapter 10: Interpersonal Relationships in CultureChapter 11: Mediated CulturesComm1010ReviewGroup StagesChapter 5: Groups and AlliancesTerms to KnowTerm Definition ExampleRelevant Constructs “Shared, global understandings of objects, individuals, and processes”Referring to the Willis library as Club Willis when talking to other UNTstudents.Facts Facts: Social knowledge &knowledge of group operations.Comprehending the reasoning behind taking aminimum of 15 credit hours a semester to be considered a full time student.Practices Practices: How members and the organization run.Complaining with our TA’S policy of waiting 24 hours to ask about a grade!Vocabulary The jargon the organization uses.Remember when I said TA? That’s vocabulary that we as college students use!Metaphor A comparison not using like or as (apply directly to group culture).Making the statement to a fellow student that extra credit is “a piece of 1. Forming2. Storming3. Norming4. Performing5. Adjourningcake”!Stories Narratives shared with the group to connect them.Telling all your peer-teachgroup members awful tales of that one awful group member!Rites More formal activities that are related to group culture.The crazy awesome payoff of sorority/fraternity initiation.Rituals Repeated activities that apply more to daily life and routine.Waking up every morningand hitting the snooze button precisely three times!Chapter 9: Language and Power in Our Cultural Lives.Terms to KnowTerm Definition ExampleEthnocentrismThe belief that your cultural groupis superior to others.One religion believes that all others are beneath them because they “don’t know the truth”’.Culture Shared meanings andassumptions that bring people together within shared power.This class, your family, your church, a club that you’re part of, your fraternity/sorority.Perception How you see the world, influenced by social, political, and cultural experiences.You look at churches differently because you grew up as a preacher’s kid.Political CorrectnessCultural shortcuthttps://www.youtube.com/watchj?v=77M2e3APoXkSelf-fulfilling prophecyWhat we believe to be true becomes reality through our actions.Believing that you are going to become a college graduate and taking the necessary steps to do so.Tropes Figure of speech that stands in for avery complicated understanding of something.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJUxqkcnKAChapter 10: Interpersonal Relationships in CultureTerms to KnowTerms Definition ExampleSelf The performance that we craft for the specific You would not act the same with your father as Culture is StaticMyth 1The false notion that once a culture is established, it doesn't change.Culture and Power are separateMyth 2The false notion that culture is not related to separateStereotypes are built on truthMyth 3The false notion that all stereotypes have some truth to them.Progress is ProgressMyth 4The false notion that addresing inequalities within a culture is substantial progress for the culture.Color Blindness is ProgressMyth 5The false notion that not taking race into account is progress for a culture.We're all making a big deal about nothingMyth 6The false notion that it is okay to downplay issues within a culture.“role” we are playing in our life.you do with a group of your friends at a party.Self-Disclosure Revealing information about yourself that someone would not normally know.Telling your colleagues that you have a boyfriend/girlfriend.Frames The environment that helps you understand how to process communication.In a classroom setting, you know that the teacher explaining something is important for you to understand.Patterns & Rituals The idea that communication is based upon patterns and rituals.You know that your mother will call you around 9 everyday, so you are able to rely on that communication.Chapter 11: Mediated CulturesTerms to KnowTerms Definition ExampleCo-Constitution We use and create media just as media uses and creates us.Using twitter to organize a charity event and provide information to participators.Mediated CommunicationCommunication through the media.Communicating through social networking.Surveillance Ability to observe. Potential employers looking at social networking sites before hiring you.Culture, power, and mediaThe notion that culture, power, and media are all related and dependent upon each other.Media has the power to influence our decisions (think in the political field) and