SPCM 130 - Exam 2 CSU
What is organizational socialization?
"those ongoing behavioral and cognitive processes by which individuals join, become integrated into, and exit organizations"
What are the five decision criteria for rules?
- Cultural criteria - Gendered Criteria - Motivational Criteria - Contextual criteria - Risk-benefit Criteria
What relational dialectics layout internally and externally?
- Integration-Separation - Stability-Change - Expression-Nonexpression
What are the symptoms of groupthink?
- Over estimation of the group - Closed mindedness - Pressures toward uniformity
What chronic cues are important to online relationship development?
- Time passed - Response time
What are the four requisite functions?
1. Analysis of the problem 2. Goal setting 3. Identification of alternatives 4. Pro/Con characteristics
What are the three phases or organizational socialization?
1. Anticipatory Socialization 2. Organizational Encounter 3. Metamorphisis
What are the five principles of communication privacy management theory?
1. Ownership 2. Control 3. Rules 4. CO-ownership 5. Turbulence
What are the 3 roles of communication?
1. Promotive Communication 2. Disruptive Communication 3. Counteractive Communication
What are the four assumptions of Relational Dialectics theory?
1. Relationships are not linear 2. Relational life is characterized by change 3. Contradiction is the fundamental fact of relational life. 4. Communication is central to negotiating contradictions.
what is the definition of groupthink
A way of group deliberation that minimizes conflict and emphasizes the need for unanimity.
What is stage 3 of social penetration?
Affective Exchange - Spontaneous communication; use of personal expressions
Social Presence theory within Computer Mediated Communication?
CMC has a low degree of presence
Media Richness Theory within Computer-Mediated Communication?
CMC is lean (Not as rich as face 2 Face)
The onion analogy holds 2 key terms, what are these?
Depth & Breadth
What is stage 2 of social penetration?
Exploratory Affective Exchange- Emergence of an individual's personality
What does promotive communication do?
Facilitates function performance
What are chronemics?
How people perceive and respond to issues of time
What does disruptive communication do?
Interrupts function performance
How does Social Information Processing Theory (SIP) counter other theories?
It argues that users can adapt and form close relationships.
What are the 3 approaches to contradictions?
Monologic, Dualistic, Dialectic
How do different phases illustrate structure-agency interplay?
Organizations create structures, which can be interpreted as an organization's rules and resources.These structures, in turn, create social systems in an organization. Organizations achieve a life of their own because of the way their members use their structures.
What is the first stage of social penetration?
Orientation - Revealing bits of ourselves to others
What does Counteractive Communication do?
Redirect to performing functions
A dynamic knot of contradictions in personal relationships; An unceasingly interplay between contrary or opposing tendencies defines what?
Relational Dialectics
What is the assumption of relationship development?
Self-disclosure and reciprocity are needed to develop closeness
What are the four elements of the hyperpersonal perspective communication model?
Sender ------ Channel ----- Feedback ---- Reciever
What is stage 4 of social penetration?
Stable Exchange - Efficient communication; establishment of personal communication
What is agency is structuralation socialization?
The ability to make a difference
What does depth mean?
The degree of self-disclosure in a specific area of one's life
What is warranting value?
The perceived legitimacy and validity of information about another person that one may observe
What does Breadth mean?
The range of areas in an individual's life over which disclosure takes place
What is structure in structuration socialization?
The rules and resources used sustain a group or organization
What is the sipping metaphor?
The same amount of social information to be processed through online communication take 4x the amount of time than face 2 face. Giving a 4:1 Ratio
What are the four dimensions of intimacy?
physical, emotional, intellectual, shared activities