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DIALECTICAL THEORY- RDR 2
Coms 351
ASSUMING YOU HAVE…
➢Read RDR 2- “Dialectical Theory”
➢Taken Reading Quiz 7
✓
✓
DIALECTICAL THEORY
A. Theorists: Baxter & Bahktin (1988)
B. Goal: Understand how close relationships are impacted by
ongoing, contradictory tensions and how those are
communicated in the relationship
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
➢What’s the difference between internal and external
dialectics?
➢How do you see these at work in a current relationship in
your life?
DIALECTICAL THEORY
C. Assumptions about Relationships
1. Relationships do not exist in a vacuum
2. Relationships persist through ongoing dialogue not monologue
3. Change is a constant (you & your SO* / internally & externally)
*SO = close interpersonal relationships
DIALECTICAL THEORY
All the other people in your lives
You
Your life
Your
relationship
“us-ness”
Your SO
Their life
DIALECTICAL THEORY
D. Key Terms
1. Dialectics- tensions between contradictory needs
✓Vary in intensity
✓Different intervals
✓Always In-Flux
✓Never “resolved”
2. Relational Dialectics- Communicated (dialogue, not just thoughts
unspoken) needs and how those impact the
relationship
DIALECTICAL THEORY
D. Key Terms
3. Utterance Chains- ”stories woven together” (communication context)
✓Who?- nearby vs. distant
nearby- the person you are in the relationship with
distant- third parties- those outside of the relationship
✓When?- already vs. not–yet-spoken discourses
already spoken- all the things you’ve communicated up to now
not-yet-spoken- anticipated communication/response
DIALECTICAL THEORY- RDR 2
Coms 351
DIALECTICAL THEORY
A. Theorists
B. Goal
C. Assumptions about Relationships
D. Key Terms:
➢Dialectics
➢Relational Dialectics
➢Utterance Chains
DIALECTICAL THEORY
D. Key Terms
4. Communicated Needs
Your
needs
DIALECTICAL THEORY
D. Key Terms
4. Communicated Needs
Internal
You vs.
your SO
needs
Your
needs
DIALECTICAL THEORY
D. Key Terms
4. Communicated Needs
Internal
You & your
SO needs vs.
the needs of
others
You vs.
your SO
needs
Your
needs
External
DIALECTICAL THEORY
E. 3 Dialectics
1. Integration & Separation
Internal- Autonomy vs. Connection
Ross & Rachel
Internal
You & your
SO needs vs.
the needs of
others
You vs.
your SO
needs
External- Inclusion vs. Seclusion
Your
needs
External
DIALECTICAL THEORY
E. 3 Dialectics
2. Expression & Privacy
Internal- Openness vs. Closedness
Internal
External- Revelation vs.
Concealment
You & your
SO needs vs.
the needs of
others
You vs.
your SO
needs
Your
needs
External
DIALECTICAL THEORY
E. 3 Dialectics
3. Stability & Change
Internal- Novelty vs. Predictability
Internal
External- Conventionality vs.
Uniqueness
Revolutionary Road- “Paris”
You & your
SO needs vs.
the needs of
others
You vs.
your SO
needs
Your
needs
External
DIALECTICAL THEORY
Your Turn:
Good Will Hunting- California
Participation Activity 7:
Where do you see the internal dialectics at work in this scene (hint- all
three of them are there)
Identify how you see each of the 3 in this scene providing 2-3 sentences
for each (6-9 sentences total).
Number and identify them (1. autonomy connection and so on) in the
textbox providing your explanation of how you see each in the scene as
well as a space in between them so I can read each one easily.
DIALECTICAL THEORY
F. Responses to Dialectics- Which dialectic takes priority?
1. Selection- one need over the other
2. Separation- satisfy in separate situations/relationships
3. Neutralization- compromise to meet both somewhat
4. Reframing- perceptual transformation
DIALECTICAL THEORY
F. Responses to Dialectics- Which dialectic takes priority?
1. Selection- one need over the other
2. Separation- satisfy in separate situations/relationships
3. Neutralization- compromise to meet both somewhat
4. Reframing- perceptual transformation
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
➢What’s the difference between internal and external
dialectics?
➢How do you see these at work in a current relationship in
your life?
Media
Multiplexity
Theory (MMT)
Coms 351
Which media channels do you enjoy?
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
A. Theorist: Caroline Haythornthwaite (2005)
B. Goal: To explain the symbiotic relationship between relationships and
media modalities used within/by them.
C. Media Multiplexity: The stronger the relational tie = the more media
channels/modes used.
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
D. Key Terms:
1. Tie strength:
✓time
✓emotion
✓intimacy
✓reciprocity
More = Strong Tie = high cost & high reward
Less = Weak Tie = low cost & low reward
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
D. Key Terms:
2. 4 Ties types
a. Strong
b. Bridging
c. Weak
d. Latent
What
does this
diagram
tell us
about tie
types?
Strong
Bridging
Weak
Latent
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
E. MMT Claims
1. Comm content differs by tie strength not by medium
✓ Medium doesn’t impact content in strong ties (though depth is
impacted)
✓ Ability to choose impacts satisfaction
✓ Switching channels is risky
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
E. MMT Claims
2. Hierarchy of media use is based on group norms
✓ Varies from group to group
Whatsapp
Instagram
Text messaging
Phone calls
Frank
Helen
Pablo
Jani
Mega
Mary
Dianna
John
Jenny
Jonalyn
——————————————————–
Sara
Lacy
Kat
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
E. MMT Claims
2. Hierarchy of media use is based on group norms
✓ Varies from group to group
✓ Stronger ties w/in group use additional channels privately
Whatsapp
Instagram
Text messaging
Phone calls
Frank
Helen
Pablo
Jan
Mega
Mary
Dianna
John
Jenny
Instagram
Marco Polo
Face Time
Jonalyn
Text messaging
——————————————————–
Sara
Lacy
Kat
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
E. MMT Claims
2. Hierarchy of media use is based on group norms
✓ Varies from group to group
✓ Stronger ties w/in group use additional channels privately
(What external dialectal tension is this? )
Media Multiplexity Theory (MMT)
E. MMT Claims
3. The addition/subtraction of media influences weak ties
✓ Adding → positive influence
✓ Subtracting → negative influence
Participation Activity 8
Create Your Social Network Map
• Create a social network map that consists of at least 10 people
• Use solid or dotted lines to indicate strong vs. weak ties
between everyone
• Choose one of your weak ties and list all the media* you use to
communicate with them (do this on your network map)
• Choose one of your strong ties and list all the media* you use
to communicate with them (do this on your network map)
• Take a pic of your Map and upload it on Canvas- Participation
Activity 8
*Rank these in
order with #1
being the media
you use most
often and so on
1-Texting
2- Email
2- Instagram
3- Facetime
1- iMessage
4- Phone
5- Email
COGNITIVE
DISSONANCE
THEORY
Coms 351- Mega
Cognitive Dissonance- Concepts Unwrapped
Cognitive Dissonance
A.Theorist: Festinger (1957)
B.Goal: To understand and predict how people
will respond when they deal with psychological
inconsistencies
C.Dissonance- discomfort created by holding 2
contradictory attitudes/thoughts/behaviors
I love my
spouse
I’m
attracted to
someone at
work
Cheating
is wrong
I don’t
report all
my income
to the IRS
Your turn…
• Phoebe’s Dissonance
Cognition #1
•
+
Cognition #2
=
Dissonance
Your turn…
• Phoebe’s Dissonance
Cognition #2
Cognition #1
“Being a flake is
•
terrible.”
+
“I want to flake
on Joey to go
on a date with
someone else.”
=
Dissonance
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