Week 16 # 1

Bordia ( 1997) reviewed the ways in which communication mediated communication(CMC) groups differ from Face to Face(FTF) groups is because CMC groups generally take longer to complete task, and in the same time period CMC groups produce fewer remarks than FTF groups do (pg.297). How I view this concept is a CMC is through the internet source which small groups don’t often meet up, but rather discuss information through email or web. In doing this it makes assignments much hard and longer to do because some people may not check their email as often as others. This then can lead to confusions and other group members feeling there’s no other input because people don’t stay on top of it. On the other hand a face to face communication is small groups that often meet up in person to discuss the issues. Additionally a face to face communication makes it easier for groups because everybody can give input and shoot out ideas which can help other members of the group on their ideas. Also, being able to meet up and discuss issues makes it easier to fix the problems and make changes right then instead of having to wait for an email response which could take 2 or 3 days to get an answer. I feel that a face to face action would be considerable way to get things done, however, depending on the social norms and how a person is they may prefer to work alone and just communicate through web.

Week 16 # 3

Throughout my school year I have experience different communication classes that I learned different methods of communicating. However, each of my courses had some type of small group presentation format. One of these formats that we tend to see the most in my courses is the panel format. This discussion often follows the problem-solving. I understand that we used these concepts in our public speaking classes all the way to argument and debate classes. Nevertheless, this concept gives the audience an insight on the view of a topic from more than one member and their solution for the problem. This concept helps the presenter think and try to convince the audience that his presentation is worth listening too and accepted. In addition, this is commonly concept we see in debates that are present in front of large audiences of bias people that must be convince that your solution to the problem is better than the next idea giving. Pursing this further, we tend to use this format in such professional work. When it comes to meetings or even conventions that pertains you to speak and talk about a product that a customer should by and why. Therefore, small groups can help organize group’s discussion and facilitate a group’s interaction with a larger audience.

Week 16 #2

Hey classmates and fellow bloggers that in doing my observation outside group project I learned so much that we do in small groups that we have no idea is happening without observing it from the outside. The group I choose was the Residencies Hall Association known as the RHA that works on campus to build a community for the fellow students on campus. Their usefulness on campus is to provide programs and activities for the fellow students to get involve in their campus and meet new friends along the way. While observing this group I learned that it is built up of different diversities and cultural views. Each member was from a different cultural form but all had one objective in their heads which was to build a community for the students. On the other hand, each member of the group all had equal amount of responsibility was held accountable for, yet these members were all leaders in some way, it was clear who was in charge of the meetings and the overall program itself. I was interest in doing this project because it just helped me look at small groups in a different way. Although we may be a part of our own small groups, we tend to overlook our tendencies and actions because we cannot see what we are really doing. By observing this group I learned how norms of social groups interact and how people voice their opinions and hold back what they say based off of gender and race. This project help me conclude a lot and understand that everything we do in small groups whether its non-verbal or verbal all have actions that can be described in a simple concept. I observed the group I did because we are all part of a college society and wanting to move to the next step of adult hood, but why not network along because some of your peers can help you also through your journey. We are all different in such a way but similar because we all want to accomplish great things and succeed. This project was fun an exciting I learned new things each time.