Com exam 2

Marginalized voices

groups of people who experience unequal power, exclusion and discrimination and are treated as second class citizens

Spoiled Identity

the experience of having an attribute related to ones identity that leads to social stigma

enthocentrism

When a cultue or ethnic groups applies its own standards, thinking its superior

intercultural communication

When culture impacts two or more people, enough to make a difference

Weird populations

Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic populations

feminism; Patriarchy

A movement that seeks the goal of ending oppression, sexism, and sexual exploitation; Systemic Power imbalances that favors men economically, politically and personally.

Intersectionality

The understanding the inequities are connected, overlapping, and mutually reinforcing, forming a matrix of oppression

Gender Spectrum

Gender and Sex is not binary, it exists on a spectrum. Intersex and Androgynous individuals are known as “two-spirited people”

Dual Process Model

Make clear delineations between deliberative and intuitive information processing

Narratives

bridge differences among group members succeeding where traditional forms of debate, discussion and deliberative conversations do not

Hierarchy

Refers to the arrangement of systems into nested levels

subaltern counter public

minority of invisible or even opposite forces

panopticism

surveillance; to exercise of power and language disciplines us in invisible ways through those in power gazing upon the powerless

emotional labor

when workers are expected to engage in either surface acting or deep acting as they display, suppress, or mask certain feelings and emotions to satisfy organizational role expectations.

Race Critical Perspectives

reveals how organizational communication is often grounded in White norms and perspectives

Feminist Organizing

involves applying several forms of feminism to organizational communication, including: liberal feminism, cultural feminism, standpoint feminism, poststructuralist feminism and modern feminism

connotative meaning vs. denotative meaning

Connotative meaning is the emotions and thoughts associated with the word; Denotative meaning is the literal word

apologia & kategoria

APOLOGIA: “A speech of self defense” KATEGORIA: “Speech of attack”

Classical Rhetoric

Originated in ancient Greece and Rome as the art of persuasive communication, emphasizing the ability to speak effectively in public and influence others. Thinkers like Plato, Aristotle and Cicero shaped its foundations. Established core principles for building speeches.

Contemporary Rhetoric

Examines how one relates to others around them

Invitational Rhetoric

Instead of trying to persuade and control, invitational rhetoric offers a position to understand the rhetors perspective; creates an environment for new understanding and an opportunity for an audience to gain new insights

Critical Rhetoric

explore how rhetoric creates and upholds unequal power structures;

dramatistic pentad

outlined a framework for analyzing motives by examining five key elements: act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose.

compliance-gaining

communicative behavior in which an agent engages so as to elicit from a target some agent-selected behavior

God Terms

cause people to genu-flect when hearing them “Real American” “Family Values”

Devil Terms

communicate malevolence and disgust “hate crime”

Charismatic Terms

differ from god and devil terms in that they are not associated

with something observable

computer-mediated communication

has led to theories that spe-cifically address how such technologies influence our communication behaviors

social proof

a social phenomenon where someone mirrors actions of others in a social situation to display “correct” behavior

civic engagement

A umberella term that includes: Service Learning, Political Engagement, Social Justice and democratic Engagement

Service Learning

typically involves hands-on encounters with community organizations

political Engagement

involves direct participation in electoral politics, such as voting, participating in campaigns or political parties, contacting elected officials, running for office, and the like

Social Justice

most focus on the relationships between power, inequality, and oppression

Democratic Engagement

emphasizes that community members and organizations and higher education have “shared authority for knowledge production. In addition, students, faculty, and members of the community work collaboratively to address community problems