SOCIOL 41 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Arthur Schuster, Nonverbal Communication, Newsprint
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Symbolic communication [84 points: you will need to purchase a newspaper or magazine (or find one online). Select a comic strip, and include a copy with your paper. [4: describe how users of these forms of communication overcome the limitations inherent in them. [4: listen to two separate conversations in a public place (eg. , like a coffee shop); one of these conversations must be a dyad, and one must be a small group. For each: indicate where the conversation took place, and what it was generally about. What techniques were used to maintain smooth conversation. [4: now compare the dyad to the small group. [4: observe two people communicating in a casual conversation. You must use a different conversation from those analyzed in part b): indicate where the conversation took place, and what it was generally about. Record the nonverbal communication of these two people.
