COM 21200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Telling Stories, De Facto, Playtime

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COM 21200
• Professor: Ashleigh Shields

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Agenda: major paper due friday, reflection 8 due, motivational monday, family systems, activity, homework. What is a family: why does defining family matter, (cid:862)a (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork of people (cid:449)ho li(cid:448)e together o(cid:448)er lo(cid:374)g periods of time bound by ties of (cid:373)arriage, (cid:271)lood, or (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, legal, or other(cid:449)ise(cid:863) (cid:894)p. (cid:1006)(cid:1007)(cid:1005)(cid:895). Family as a system: family structures, 1 power authority (positional or position-oriented, 2 decision making (consensus/ accommodation/defacto, 3 interaction networking (centralized or decentralized) This type relies in a much greater extent on communication as a means of influence. If mom goes out and buys tickets for trip without consulting anyo(cid:374)e, that"s de fa(cid:272)to. Or if during a family conversation mom gets a(cid:374)(cid:374)oyed a(cid:374)d says (cid:862)that"s it, (cid:449)e"re goi(cid:374)g to ver(cid:373)o(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d i do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374) to hear a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g else a(cid:271)out it(cid:863) that"s de fa(cid:272)to. Characteristics of family structures: characteristics of family structures, family structures evolve over time as family members establish and repeat patterns of interaction.