Com310 Wk2 Lt Communication Theories Matrix

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Communication Theories Matrix

As a Learning Team, fill out the different cells with regard to each scenario. You are to identify the theory the example represents, who developed the theory (theorist), explain or define the theory, and then provide your own personal example of the theory.

|Communication Scenario |Identify the Theory |Theorist |Explain the Theory |Application Example to |

| | | | |your Life |

|You are at a karaoke bar with coworkers.|Symbolic Interaction |George Herbert Mead |Symbolic Interaction is based on ideas about the |Mead defines self as the ability to reflect |

|You are nervous about singing around |Theory | |self and its relationship to society. The three |on ourselves from the perspective of others.|

|your coworkers because you believe you | | |central themes include: |This theory could be applied to when I first|

|are a terrible singer. Despite your | | |• the importance of meanings for human behavior |became an on-air personality at my first |

|feelings, you are pressured to sing a | | |• the importance of the self-concept |radio job. Growing up people always told me |

|song, and when finished your coworkers | | |• the relationship between the individual and |that I will become successful and probably |

|tell you how surprised they are and how | |...