Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Week 6 Blog # 1

Rules and Resources

Rules are rarely stated aloud, but they are propositions that indicate how something ought to be done or what is good or bad.  Resources refers to materials, possessions, or attributes that can be used to influence or control the actions of the group or its members.  This information can be found in Chapter 18 on page 240.  

I find rules and resources interesting because it really emphasizes how great Griffin does with this book and it's analogies when explaining communication ideas.  But now to speaking of these ideas, I really do notice how rules can silence people in group situations.  One isn't supposed to talk about certain things because its one of those unspoken rules.  Also one of the resources I usually use to convince people in groups to feel the same way as I do is try to present all the negatives in their ideas so they will feel that my idea may be better.

~Tornn

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