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 |Symbolic Interaction |George Herbert Mead |Symbolic Interaction Theory is based on ideas and themes |Sometimes I feel like I could make a lot of improvements |

|coworkers. You are nervous about |Theory | |about the self and its relationship to society—the |to be a better mom. I judge myself very harshly because |

|singing around your coworkers because | | |importance of meanings for human behavior, importance of |of my own shortcomings and faults. I wish I had more time|

|you believe you are a terrible singer. | | |self-concept, and the relationship between the individual |and more creativity to do fun activities with my |

|Despite your feelings, you are | | |and society. More specifically, in this example, the set |children. However, the other day my husband called and |

|pressured to sing a song, and when | | |of perceptions that people hold of themselves (I think I |asked what we were all doing. I told him that...