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What are stories told and stories lived? |
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What are the multiple meanings of the term persons-in-conversation? |
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In your own words, define coordination and coherence. Using a television show, movie, or a situation from "real life," provide examples of these concepts. Be sure you discuss the relationship between these two concepts. |
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According to CMM, there is a series of contexts relevant to every speech act. Provide an example of a speech act, then discuss how it can be understood in terms of each context emphasized by Pearce and Cronen. Which context is most important? Why? |
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Compared to participant observation, what are the potential strengths and weaknesses of community-based action research? |
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What, from a social constructionist perspective, is good communication? What is its relationship to objective reality? |
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What does Escher's Bond of Union have to do with CMM? What are the strengths—and, potentially, the weaknesses—of comparing a communication theory to this specific piece of art? To art in general? |
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Could you make an argument that CMM should be included in the intercultural communication section of this book? |
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