Introduction to Communication – Online – Movie Analysis
movie analysis where you analyze communication that takes place between characters in a movie. (The Kite Runner (2007))
For your paper, choose two communication elements from two different areas in the following chart:
Area #1 – Relationships
• Stages of Relational Development
• Relational Dialectics
• Attraction Theory
• Exchange Theory (cost/reward)
• Life-cycle of relationships
(beginning, maintaining, ending)
• Relationship Rules Theory
Area #2 – Conflict and Power
• Avoiding
• Accommodating
• Collaborating
• Compromising
• Myths of Conflict
• Conflict is Inevitable
• Conflict Styles Have Consequences
Area #3 – Language and Culture
• Connotation/Denotation
• Saphir-Whorf Theory
• Polarized language
• Low/High Context culture
• Jargon
• Specific/concrete, precise words in dialogue
Area #4 – Nonverbal Communication
• Eye Contact
• Facial Expressions/Gestures
• Touch
• Proxemics/Territory
• Artifacts
Time or chronemics