Chapter 4 – Nonverbal Communication
Chapter 5 – Listening
Chapter 6 – Interpersonal Communication
Here’s the link to the chapters :
COM 100 – Introduction to Communication Studies
Prof. Janet Douglas-Pryce
Reflection Paper – An Unfamiliar Identity
Technology often allows us access to different perspectives and different stories.
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For this assignment, you will explore an unfamiliar identity (one that is not your own and
that you do not know much about) through a personal blog where an individual or small
group of people examine issues related to their own identity and how it relates to the
larger society.
Your goal is not to criticize or critique the blog or the individual writing it, but to look at
what ideas or viewpoints you have not been exposed to, to see with more complexity, and
to see things from another’s perspective, whether or not you agree with it.
Try to imagine yourself in their place. You can use one of the following blogs, or you can
search for your own.
See the variety of stories you may have not been exposed to.
Spend at least 15-20 minutes reading the blog posts. Note: Some of the following blogs are
sarcastic or political (advocating for change) or angry, but they only represent the writers’
perspectives. Keep in mind that the writer does not represent everyone in their group(s). In other
words, don’t stereotype!
Korean American Story (video interviews)
Mia Mingus (Intersectionality)
http://blog.angryasianman.com/
http://www.bgdblog.org/
http://www.asmaa.cat/
http://www.crunkfeministcollective.com/Crunk Feminist Collective
Or find your own!
After you have spent some time with your blog, write a one-page Reflection Paper (200-400
words to address the following points:
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Reflect on your experiences viewing the videos and reading your blogs.
Describe your blog writer(s) and how they are similar and different from you. Based on
your investigation, how does culture influence us?
What have you learned about the complexity of culture and stories other than your own?
What about your own culture? As you answer, be aware of your language and try to
avoid stereotyping.
Utilize vocabulary and theories (for example, the Communicative Theory of Identity,
Hecht, 1993; Hecht, et al., 2005) https://in.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upmbinaries/43569_8.pdf or from Chapter 8 of your Textbook.