How has your study of belonging changed you? DIFFICULTY/DUALITY OF BELONGING/NOT BELONGING 1. “Despite an individual’s desire to belong to a group or community, this not always possible.” How do the texts you have studies represent the processes and results of belonging and/or not belonging? 2. Belonging to a group or community can provide opportunities and disappointments.
051.3.1. Explain how people from different backgrounds may use and/or interpret communication methods in different ways. Backgrounds are a person’s education, experience, and social/ economics circumstances. Experiences and understanding of the world, the words we use and how we use them is influenced by your culture. In this sense, communication is very dependent on backgrounds, such as all about our origins: geographic, religion, social, economic, education, etc.
Another reason why sociologists may not want to use questionnaires is their inflexibility. This meaning that once questionnaires have been sent out the researcher is stuck with the questions asked and cannot probe deeper or change the questions. This becomes a problem if during the research there becomes new areas of interest which now can no longer be explored. However it is argued that this can be partially combatted with the use of follow up questionnaires. Interpretivists sociologists also tend to not use questionnaires as they argue that they lack validity and do not give
In such organisations, individuals may be unclear of their role in the communication process and therefore not know what is expected of them. Attitudinal Barriers. Attitudinal barriers are behaviours or perceptions that prevent people from communicating effectively. Attitudinal barriers to communication may result from
If we have a weakness then the criteria is not being effective. The requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley act have not
KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS WORKBOOKLET Outcome 1 Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion 1. 1Explain what is meant by: • Diversity: means difference. Diversity is about valving everyone's individual differences, atributes, talents and characteristics, social, cultural or ethnic differences within a population. This is mean the service users, families, colleagues and other co-workers will come from a wide range of social, ethnic backgrounds. However, diversity recognises that through people have things in common between each other, everyone's is different and unique in many ways.
Tannen’s writing is lengthy, personal, analytical and well sourced. Even though the differences between these two pieces can easily be highlighted there are some similarities. Both Tannen and Quindlen believe there are obvious differences and similarities between men and women. However, when specifically observing the relationship between men and women Tannen believes the main differences lie in communication, reactions, the way life is approached and the dynamics of childhood.
Twilight: Through Individual Eyes Words are often associated with a direct meaning, links to ideas and experiences an individual acquires over time. They can be somewhat ambiguous and more often than not, hold room for error and discrepancy. Moreover, authors find themselves struggling to nourish readers with prolific words that simultaneously enlighten their audience’s sense of awareness yet question their rooted understanding of that knowledge. Anna Deavere Smith skillfully chooses to include a wide range of individuals spanning different racial ethnicities, dialects, and walks of life in her interviews for Twilight. Allowing direct transcripts to be the sole content of the text provides readers with first-hand accounts on the disheartening
Each author’s method in integrating the oral history may be different and, to some degree, inadequate, but the presence of oral accounts in their essays give voice to different perspectives of that time. It is evident, then, that altogether the oral history in each essay holds value and plays a significant role in the integrity of each argument. We must be careful, however, to fully accept the perspectives and arguments the author presents to us as definitively as any individual identity in any historical account, including the author, has the power to misinterpret and miscommunicate historical accounts accidently or
The writer disagrees with these actions, and explains that this will negatively affect the motivation for the citizens to report or become involved in large cases. It was also mentioned that the information provided was useful in the locating of Doerner and that not paying the reward will send a message of