Communication can be done through media. Media communication includes television , radio and Internet. Through internet as a computer media communication , a message is sent to many people influencing a community. The following article that I read by Sonya Eskridge is concerned with raising a voice with language as an instrument of salvation, selfhood and empowerment.“Love as a color line” is the main underlying theme of this article. There are articles, news segments, movies and even whole books dedicated to the subject . Jill Scott- a R&B song writer, poet and actress has also been referenced in this article. She has written a blog for Essence. Com regarding this issue of Black men marrying woman outside their race.Even "ABC Entertainment news" has been acknowledged in the article provididng reference and facts about the number of single successul black woman .This is how CMC(Computer media communication) plays an important opinion as we are able to see ideas and opinions from various people, all belonging from various aspects and strata of life. The popular Jill Scott is being seen in a different role, in a differnet environment undermining her social contact, accountability and general respect to global issues.
This is a common topic and such articles are written with an aim to infiltrate certain aspects of community life influencing interpersonal relationships and social life. This article is two fold . First it has been written from the writer’s point of view and then proceeds to the generalization of why Black men pair up with White women. The details in the article are figured in terms of Jill's growing awareness of the issue influenced by the ordinary day to day experience and the dichotomy historical aspect of how black men and woman were treated by the westerners. The use of the black linguistic practice such as" brotha", " wince" are meaningful as it shows how the article is deeply personal and culturally specific. This again emphasizes on how the computer media communication could be very knowledgeable as people can voice their opinion using a structural language and culture will give way to “plainspeak”. This is considered a criticism when it comes to e-learning, at the same time I personally think that everyone should be allowed to voice out their opinions. If people are able to debate over an issue and voice our their opinons by transactional communication. How is e-learning any different?
Another aspect that can be seen in this article is how people are more open to various interpretations. It is these common issues that help people to think , see, and reason between various alternatives. This is what I personally think the various implications that the article could convey .Firstly readers might view this as a racist article and have a negative approach to this thinking that teh article is condemning all interracial couples. On the other hand, this article could also be viewed from the point of view that Jill's secondary focus is on white woman. Its focus relies on her experience and history as a black woman living in a society geared towards oppressing people that look like her. Jill describes the reaction that many black woman have seeing their men lusting for the other.
Source: http://s2smagazine.com/node/2686
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Unit4- International and Mass Communication
I love Russell Peters because his comedy is unintentionally undermining; it highlights the relationships between communities of colour. In spite of the fact that he could be criticised for making racist comedy, I tend to justify why I love him. Then the other night I sat down and watched Russell Peter’s latest video “ Russell Peter’s 2010” and I had noticed that Russell seems to have lost his punch line. The video gave me a lot to think about. The video proceeds with his imitating of Spanish and Indian accent. I guess people, including me love his Spanish and Indian accent but one tends to become attached to this idea and stereotype and have difficulty in accepting new ideas. Stereotypes are not meant to represent a population that we want to identify. It is necessary to evaluate people on individual basis.
Stereotypes reflect the differences in status, religion, dialect etc. These differences are evident in all races but cannot identify one specific group of people. It is important to not have a narrow perspective and immature reactions to such issues. Stereotypes do have a degree of truth in them but this certain bit of truth cannot characterize an entire culture or an individual. Non verbal communication is one of the important aspects of communication In the video one can see how Russell Peters again talks about the Indian gesture of nodding which is a silent way of an affirmative gesture. These kinds of stereotypes he uses are to some extent negative and these images are juxtaposed in the minds of a viewer. This causes barriers to intercultural communication.
This is not even just racist but also just plain bad comedy. He’s just beginning to base his comedy and jokes on inaccuracy. He has become all lazy and that’s why racist, sexist , etc jokes aren’t funny anymore. He tries to make fun of a race intelligently which tends to lead to unfairly exaggerated jokes.
Since people all the over world do watch Russell Peter's videos a large population is being imperialised and psychologically. People base their thoughts and opinions according to their senses.
Russell Peter should try and make brilliant comedy, do something new with the monotonous accent. People who encourage him solely for his stereotypes are missing the pure and capable genius of his performances. I still believe you can come back !
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Gob-VoRKQ
Stereotypes reflect the differences in status, religion, dialect etc. These differences are evident in all races but cannot identify one specific group of people. It is important to not have a narrow perspective and immature reactions to such issues. Stereotypes do have a degree of truth in them but this certain bit of truth cannot characterize an entire culture or an individual. Non verbal communication is one of the important aspects of communication In the video one can see how Russell Peters again talks about the Indian gesture of nodding which is a silent way of an affirmative gesture. These kinds of stereotypes he uses are to some extent negative and these images are juxtaposed in the minds of a viewer. This causes barriers to intercultural communication.
This is not even just racist but also just plain bad comedy. He’s just beginning to base his comedy and jokes on inaccuracy. He has become all lazy and that’s why racist, sexist , etc jokes aren’t funny anymore. He tries to make fun of a race intelligently which tends to lead to unfairly exaggerated jokes.
Since people all the over world do watch Russell Peter's videos a large population is being imperialised and psychologically. People base their thoughts and opinions according to their senses.
Russell Peter should try and make brilliant comedy, do something new with the monotonous accent. People who encourage him solely for his stereotypes are missing the pure and capable genius of his performances. I still believe you can come back !
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Gob-VoRKQ
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Unit3- Interpersonal and Group communication
President Barack Obama has called a meeting ( Health Summit Meeting) of representative leaders from the two parties- The Senate and the House on Thursday, 25February 2010. The aim of this meeting is to propose health insurance reform that offers various guarantee choices and enhances quality health care for all Americans. He looks forward to discussing ideas for further improvements from Republicans and Democrats at the meeting. “Some Republican leaders, fearing a charade, have questioned whether there's any reason to go, but they also fear a boycott would play into Obama's hands. Will the meeting accomplish anything?”
The concept of the Health summit has been interlinked with the four characteristics of group communication, beginning with Interaction.
Interaction the conclusive characteristic of a group is the central element of the characteristic model of group communication, the rest of the model specifies factors and relationships that influences and are influenced by the interactive processes. The interaction process influences the group members, the environment, and the relationships in the group. In reference to the Health summit we can see how there is interaction between the president , the house and senate , the members of congress, republicans and democrats. All of them belonging to one group ; to one confederation. The last three quoted sentences are very important in the area of interaction as it shows how the group members with particular reference to the "Republicans” are not willing to attend the Health summit as they are not sure about the potential of the meeting and are to some extent fear what the president's decision would be determining the legitimacy of individual and group goals.
In general as tasks become more difficult , complex ,and significant , the more likely people will prefer to compete them through the co-ordinated group activity of being interdependence rather than individual activity.
Other more psychological and interpersonal factors also influence people’s thoughts in co- operating with others .When individuals fear that they may be blamed for a bad decision , they might form a group in order to help them make decisions to avoid responsibility for negative outcome. In the context of the Health Summit we can see that President Barack Obama is interdependent on the opinions and thoughts of the other members of the Confederation so he could come up with a reasonable solution. The last three sentences of the first paragraph shows how the members in particular reference to the “ Republicans” are interdependent to the President’s decision whether they like it or not ,further depicting the recognition of full membership as time comes.
When one is practicing group communication it is important to be competent as it helps in promoting shared behavioural standards which further enhances the shared values that holds the group together such as integrity, teamwork, respect for diversity,etc. In context to the Health summit we can see how shared behavioural standards has been applied as the nature of the problem that is to be solved by the group is more practical rather than theoretical and requires emotional intelligence and knowledge.
Proximity increases interaction between people and repeated interaction may result in interacts thinking of themselves as a group and even people outside the group begin to think of them as a group due to their collective identity. In the context of the Health summit we can see how the people involved in the group belong to the government of the United States. The factors that bind them together are their similarities, their professional background and their goal of reforming the health care system.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/20/obama-health-meeting-test-problem-solving/
The concept of the Health summit has been interlinked with the four characteristics of group communication, beginning with Interaction.
Interaction the conclusive characteristic of a group is the central element of the characteristic model of group communication, the rest of the model specifies factors and relationships that influences and are influenced by the interactive processes. The interaction process influences the group members, the environment, and the relationships in the group. In reference to the Health summit we can see how there is interaction between the president , the house and senate , the members of congress, republicans and democrats. All of them belonging to one group ; to one confederation. The last three quoted sentences are very important in the area of interaction as it shows how the group members with particular reference to the "Republicans” are not willing to attend the Health summit as they are not sure about the potential of the meeting and are to some extent fear what the president's decision would be determining the legitimacy of individual and group goals.
In general as tasks become more difficult , complex ,and significant , the more likely people will prefer to compete them through the co-ordinated group activity of being interdependence rather than individual activity.
Other more psychological and interpersonal factors also influence people’s thoughts in co- operating with others .When individuals fear that they may be blamed for a bad decision , they might form a group in order to help them make decisions to avoid responsibility for negative outcome. In the context of the Health Summit we can see that President Barack Obama is interdependent on the opinions and thoughts of the other members of the Confederation so he could come up with a reasonable solution. The last three sentences of the first paragraph shows how the members in particular reference to the “ Republicans” are interdependent to the President’s decision whether they like it or not ,further depicting the recognition of full membership as time comes.
When one is practicing group communication it is important to be competent as it helps in promoting shared behavioural standards which further enhances the shared values that holds the group together such as integrity, teamwork, respect for diversity,etc. In context to the Health summit we can see how shared behavioural standards has been applied as the nature of the problem that is to be solved by the group is more practical rather than theoretical and requires emotional intelligence and knowledge.
Proximity increases interaction between people and repeated interaction may result in interacts thinking of themselves as a group and even people outside the group begin to think of them as a group due to their collective identity. In the context of the Health summit we can see how the people involved in the group belong to the government of the United States. The factors that bind them together are their similarities, their professional background and their goal of reforming the health care system.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/20/obama-health-meeting-test-problem-solving/
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Unit 2- Perception
It was the 26 of January, 2010, where Australia was celebrating its heritage, tradition and culture. The Australian Day was being celebrated in an atmosphere of great gusto and zeal until the riot squad had taken place. In the midst of the celebration of the momentous day there was something different going on . "a Southern Cross tattooee with a shirt proudly stating "We Grew Here, You Flew Here" or a slogan "F--- Off, We're Full" written on some flag-clad 15-year-old bogan's chest". Perception as we know is the process by which we make sense of the world around us. What sense or conclusion can one come up with after they read such slogans? Unfortunately even the internet's freedom opens up doors to racism such as currently there are groups on Facebook such as " Mate speak english ,you're in Australia now". Here we see how the concept of " Interpretation " plays a very important role. It helps us to "interpret" the cause and effects and gives us a more subjective point of view in a communication interaction
Keeeping in mind the thesis of this post which is of racism, this post is meant to interpretthe relation of interpretation and racism, keeping in mind the racist happenings in Australia as an example. Racism in general is merely a way to express things the way they are given. Australia's population is growing so there is a range of different nationalities in the country .Everyday we hear about legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, and unfair happenings due to racism. The success of communication and interaction within these different cultural groups highly depends on the attitude and value of people towards different groups. For example the group on facebook " Mate speak english, you're in Australia now" shows how english has been potrayed as the only form of communication in terms of linguistic minorities which in a way is the lost of recognition of the right of all citizens to speak their heritage language. English without any doubt is important and the universal language for communication but such phrases or groups on facebook makes on think about how their identity is being shaped by the use of language.
Interpretation in mass communication is generally based on four aspects that is of
-Cultural differences
- Nonverbal cues
-Individual characteristics
-Perceptual sets
The following four play a very important role in trying to further accentuate my topic such as cultural differences shows how people mostly dont know a lot about cultures other than there's which is the prime cause of racism
Nonverbal cues is like the shirt mentioned above " We grew here , you flew here" which speaks volumes about how racism has manifested in today's day and age.
Individual characteristics defines how every person is different pertaining to their culture and the society that one lives and the social constraints that one accepts. People should be accepted the way they are and to fight against racism we have to get to know each other and learn about each other's culture
Perceptual sets again focuses on the very fact that however different everyone is in their thinking and perception in life, at the end we all have the same worries.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and culture/white-power-likes-this--rascist-facebook-groups-20100203-nd7bl.html
Keeeping in mind the thesis of this post which is of racism, this post is meant to interpretthe relation of interpretation and racism, keeping in mind the racist happenings in Australia as an example. Racism in general is merely a way to express things the way they are given. Australia's population is growing so there is a range of different nationalities in the country .Everyday we hear about legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, and unfair happenings due to racism. The success of communication and interaction within these different cultural groups highly depends on the attitude and value of people towards different groups. For example the group on facebook " Mate speak english, you're in Australia now" shows how english has been potrayed as the only form of communication in terms of linguistic minorities which in a way is the lost of recognition of the right of all citizens to speak their heritage language. English without any doubt is important and the universal language for communication but such phrases or groups on facebook makes on think about how their identity is being shaped by the use of language.
Interpretation in mass communication is generally based on four aspects that is of
-Cultural differences
- Nonverbal cues
-Individual characteristics
-Perceptual sets
The following four play a very important role in trying to further accentuate my topic such as cultural differences shows how people mostly dont know a lot about cultures other than there's which is the prime cause of racism
Nonverbal cues is like the shirt mentioned above " We grew here , you flew here" which speaks volumes about how racism has manifested in today's day and age.
Individual characteristics defines how every person is different pertaining to their culture and the society that one lives and the social constraints that one accepts. People should be accepted the way they are and to fight against racism we have to get to know each other and learn about each other's culture
Perceptual sets again focuses on the very fact that however different everyone is in their thinking and perception in life, at the end we all have the same worries.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and culture/white-power-likes-this--rascist-facebook-groups-20100203-nd7bl.html
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Unit 1
This post explores the dynamics of " Social constructionist perspective" and "Psychological perspective".Couched in the theory of the "social constructionist perspective" the idea of this insight defines that things such as money , newspapers, the economy, etc would have not existed if there wasnt any society.Since in " social constructionist perspective"- Communication creates individual, this further accentuates that the idea is to expose the way a particular kind of belief has been shaped by the society.For example the movie "Invictus" by Clint Eastwood which released on the 11th Decembr 2009 is an aspiring true story of how Newly Elected President Nelson Mandela played by Matt Damon knows that his nation is in the midst of a racial and economic crisis. In reference to this movie this is the particular kind of belief that has been shaped by society. Believing that he can bring his people together by joining forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Nelson Mandela in the movie ignores the social context in which communication occurs so instead of solving the conflict of the movie with the clique soliloquy filled with words, the movie uses the tool of rugby which is the national sport of South Africa symbolizing the culture and roots of the country to create a collective representation of reality. So here we see how individuals create communication, Nelson uses sport to communicate with the mass media . What makes this movie unique and complex is that it shows spoken words with the aim of communication isnt everything , there's always clarity in the frankness and framework of the cultural aspect which holds the movie together.
Eventhough life isnt as easy as a rugby match but it is an obligation for everyone to look for hope and ways in which conflicts can be solved either by communicating in the human mind or by communicating socially.
Eventhough life isnt as easy as a rugby match but it is an obligation for everyone to look for hope and ways in which conflicts can be solved either by communicating in the human mind or by communicating socially.
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