Intro to communities and multimodal communication

Interest

Communities of people who share the same interest or passion

Action

Communities of people trying to bring about change

Place

Communities of people brought together by geographic boundaries

Practice

Communities of people in the same profession or undertake the same activities

Circumstance

Communities of people brought together by external events/situations

Visual

refers to images and characters people see

Linguistic

refers to written or spoken words

Spatial

refers to the arrangement of elements in space

Aural

Focused on sound, music, sound effects, ambient noise, silence, tone of voice, volume of sound, emphasis, and accent

Gestural

the way movement is interpreted, facial expressions, hand gestures, body language.

Dualism

The idea that knowledge is black and white, fact based, informational. People in this stage think there are right answers and the authority has them.

Multiplism

this person recognizes there could be more than one right answer they do not think authority is only valid opinion. All opinions are equally valid, enjoys discussion.

Relativism

This thinker recognizes the value of multiple perspectives and potential for multiple valide answers, They recognize context, reason and evidence.