Hey everyone. Dr. Gwen Wittenbaum has agreed to step in as the new Coordinator of the MA program in Communication. She will do an awesome job and has some great ideas to re-energize a weakening program.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
My protege at PSU!
With Xun Zhu and his parents when they came for graduation to MSU in May! My office is very cluttered here. In the meantime I have downsized, cleaned out and reorganized my office with excellent results. It is much happier and ergonomic!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
The Goffmanian Conundrum - great article on stigma!
Communication Studies
Vol. 65, No. 2, April–June 2014, pp. 208–222
This Goffmanian Conundrum: Supporting the Status Quo
or Forced
to Manage Societal Ramifications?
Susan A. Stearns
This article presents Goffman’s (1956, 1963)
description of particular micro-social
systems exhibiting embarrassment with the potential
to escalate into stigma as a
near prescriptive communication cycle coined the Goffmanian
Conundrum. The
impact of this
Goffmanian Conundrum is examined both across communication
contexts and within one particular context: the
darkside of organizational
communication, specifically in relation to muting
and silencing, incivility, and
bullying, concluding with the need to better
understand stigma as a mediating
influence on communication.
Keywords: Bullying; Embarrassment; Incivility;
Organizational Communication;
Stigma
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