Friday, September 12, 2008
Pragmatic
The pragmatic perspective can make us believe that communication is a patterned interaction because of the ways we socially engage with others. Some might find it difficult to start up a conversation with someone, another might feel too timid and shy, and another might have no problem approaching a stranger and having a full conversation without hesitation. Whatever the case may be it all consists of a pattern because of how we individually connect with others in communication. For example, a person starting class for the first time in a new school who is extremely shy will have trouble opening up at first and might have certain issues meeting new friends, and this is a result of a patterned interaction that he/she is having because she is accustomed to being reserved and staying closed off. On the other hand, an individual who is outspoken and sociable is accustomed to his/her everyday practice of being open with others.
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In the textbook, Trenholm states, “a system of…interdependent behaviors that become patterned over time” (page 32). However, your examples made me think that “interdependent” might not regulate only for people interactions. Maybe we can apply it to materials and individuals. For example, the way I treat my computer is different from the way others treat their computers. I first check e-mails, and then see online news, and so on. There must be patterns I (and my computer) have created just like I and other people create our own patterns.
It is interesting to see our world as “a making a pattern” life. We meet new people, things, and situations, and get accustomed to these things eventually. I guess life is a repeat of doing this over and over again.
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