After reading into interpersonal communication more and having a better grasp on this subject. My partner Spicey Noodle Soup on the Stewart reading refers to my time in Ireland. “If we use the sliding scale of communication quality presented by Stewart, the types of communication taking place in the U.S. corporate office would be social and cultural communication and limited in interpersonal communication.” I agree only because my experience working in a completely corporate office in the United States is a lot more conservative then in a plant that is about a quarter corporate and 3 quarters laborers. However one the other hand I have had a lot of cultural communication because I am not from there and I have never worked at a plant in the United States to compare it with.Deliver Me Summer’s response to “Constructing Identities” Stewart, Zediker, and Witteborn, was interesting to me. “They begin by describing two fundamental concepts: first, we construct our “selves” in communication with others, and second, these “selves” affect who we are and how we relate to others.” (Deliver Me Summer) I think as we grow older and learn more are “selves” are always changing. I agree with her that there are parts of self that do not change but for the most part are responses to peoples questions contain traces of are own identity. Many times this has to do with what we chose to belief from many conversations before. We generally take this information and process it and then dispense are own version of it to new people.
I think Cake response to the article by Stewart, Zediker, and Witteborn was interesting also. He is explains how the writes refer to one’s self having to do with what culture we come from. “The individual self is contained within one’s body, and is defined by what that body holds. In the Eastern cultures, the self is defined by what is outside the body (i.e. the groups one is a part of), and breaking from the norm is unacceptable, something Barrett discusses also.” This is important when communication happens between cultures. As the world becomes smaller metaphorically speaking we need to realize this important concept in order to open our self’s up to learn what is different. That seems to be a good way to better are self.
CommSyr also brings up the topic or culture in her response to Stewart, Zediker, and Witteborn. “The author states that we are constantly constructing identities while we communicate and while doing so we are constructing how others perceive us and the relationships we have with these people.” We are always using nexting to learn more about people even if we do not know it. This can create conflict as cultures norms clash and the person we are trying to show off does not always come through. The worst thing I have done wall meeting people from Spain that did not know English very well was using sarcasm. This does not go over well when one is not completely flaunt in language. I still do not know if the girl I was talking to thinks I am insane or rude, even after I tried to explain the situation.
