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Communication in Small Groups

Communication in Small Groups. Chapter 10/Week 10 Part 1. Overview - Part 1. Lecture/narrative on East Germany Archetypes: different conceptions and connections. The Lives of Others. http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/3/The-Lives-of-Others-261666.html. EAST GERMANY. WEST GERMANY.

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Communication in Small Groups

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  1. Communication in Small Groups Chapter 10/Week 10 Part 1

  2. Overview - Part 1 • Lecture/narrative on East Germany • Archetypes: different conceptions and connections

  3. The Lives of Others • http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/3/The-Lives-of-Others-261666.html

  4. EAST GERMANY WEST GERMANY

  5. “New ideas are wanted. Think, talk, do.”

  6. “Quality is a matter of honor.”

  7. Summary of “Self-Destructing State” • The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 • 40th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) • Propaganda apparatus was comprehensive • Unorganized, socially isolated population took to the streets • Collective institutions and small face-to-face groups created by the state • inadvertently create an oppositional public • structured opportunities for dissent that leads to resistance

  8. Summary of Archetypes

  9. The Concept of a Group Archetype • Key features • Image or model of a particular group type • Idealized as following routine patterns, having regularized behavior • Has a common name in the vernacular • Socially situated • Product of a particular society • Exists in a well-suited institutional/cultural niche

  10. Reviewing Different Archetypal Conceptions and Connections • (Optional exercise: Have students brainstorm about the different small group archetypes, whether they are positive or negative, and how they are connected to other archetypes -- the following slides are the results of their work.) • New archetype forms: Discuss and evaluate • Valences: Positive/negatve • Key connections

  11. HarmoniousFamily AcrimoniousFamily Therapeutic Group Support Group Social Gang (Clique) Criminal Gang Activist Group PlayGroup Collab- orativeLearningGroup CRGroup Band Heist Team Deliberative Jury ConsensualDemocracy Athletic Team TaskForce Groupthink Parlia-mentary Council Self-Managing Work Team X-Team

  12. Work Team Athletic Team Hobby groups Band Larps Navy Seals Clique Criminal Gang Brothel Heist Team Family Jury Support Group Drug trafficking TaskForce Activist Group Cults Friend group Retirement group Red text = negative influence on society Powers et al. Blue bubble = major importance to society

  13. Work Groups + Task Force + LARP + Sports Teams + Religious Groups +/- Cults - High School Cliques - Gangs - Support Groups + Civic + Play Group + Peer Groups + Jury + Bands + Family + Duran et al.

  14. Family Sports Teams Clique Military Bands Friend Groups Gangs Play Groups Roommates Online Group Cults Committee Clubs Task Force Jury Religious LARPS Activist Groups Conscious Raising Work Groups Support Groups Wyland et al.

  15. Military + Activist + Italic: Major Group (+): Overall Positive Group (-): Overall Negative Group Volunteer + Friend Group + LARP + Support Groups + Jury + X Teams - Cults - Gamers - Task Force + Work Team + Family + Sports Teams + Superhero Teams + Cliques + Criminal Gangs - Bands + Doherty et al.

  16. HarmoniousFamily AcrimoniousFamily Volunteer Groups roommates Church Group Sorority/ Fraternity Cults Therapeutic Group Support Group Social Gang (Clique) Criminal Gang Leadership Team Terrorist Groups Fan Clubs Activist Group PlayGroup Collab- orativeLearningGroup CRGroup Band Heist Team Clubs Friends Deliberative Jury ConsensualDemocracy Athletic Team TaskForce Military Groups LARP Groupthink Parlia-mentary Council Self-Managing Work Team X-Team Simpson et al.

  17. HarmoniousFamily AcrimoniousFamily Covent Group Church Group Cults Committee Group Therapeutic Group Social Interest Group Friend Group Support Group Social Gang (Clique) Criminal Gang Volunteer Org. Frat/ Sorority Grass roots Group LARPS PlayGroup Collab- orativeLearningGroup CRGroup Heist Team Activist Group Band Study Group Deliberative Jury ConsensualDemocracy Athletic Team TaskForce MilitaryForce Groupthink Parlia-mentary Council Self-Managing Work Team X-Team McKeown et al.

  18. + Major Importance Positive Influence - Negative Influence Minor Importance Group Archetype Exercise Roommates + - Gang + Sports Team +/- Friends + Navy Seals + Cliques - Work Team + Family + + Committee Task Force Orchestra+ Jury + + Support Group Club + - +/- Cult Band Live-Action Role Playing +/- Activist Group +/- O’Sullivan et al.

  19. Heist Group - Friends + Family Family + - Gang - Sports Team + Support group + Religious group Task force Religious Group + Clique Band Cult _ Military teams + Minority Group Larp Theater Supreme Court + Research group + Work teams Exec board Activist group Lab teams + Jury + Leadership team study groups + Wilkins et al.

  20. Cults Cliques Pledge Class Bands AA Religious Groups Friends Groups Family Support Groups Sports Teams Military Task Force Activist Groups larping Gangs Heist Team KEY Feminist Groups = Major Group = Negatively influences individual or group = Positively infuences individual or group Work Force Task Force Jury Pit Crew

  21. Communication in Small Groups Chapter 10/Week 10 Part 2

  22. Overview - Part 2 Journal groups Journal #8: Group maturity Journal #9: EST exercise Closing lecture Summary EST framework spanning the theories and concepts in Group in Society Theory and practice revisited: Small groups and social movements Final practical insights on small groups

  23. Embedded System Framework Tasks and/or purpose Groupstructure Member goals, beliefs, and characteristics Group decisions and records Subjective member assessments Group interaction Cognitive andemotionalprocessing Localcontext Social system

  24. EST Summary Nature of group task(esp. coop./competitive) Decision rule anddiscussion procedures Role/power relationships Leadership style/ability Group maturity/flexibility Group cohesion, trust, and commitment Distribution of member beliefs, attitudes, information Member social identities and ties to other groups Member mental health (self-confidence, anxiety) Rigor of discussion Completeness of information exchange Positive/negative social relations Procedural monitoring/talk Symbolic expression/ Narrative processing Treatment of deviance Quality of group decisions/ performance Assessment of fairness/quality of group process Attitudes toward different social groups Institutional support/ training for groups Competitiveness and equity of power/status relations and rewards Policies toward diversity/innovation Socio-economic divisions/stratification Cultural orientations(individualist/collectivist, hierarchical/egalitarian) Pool of group archetypes, roles, social identities, and cultural myths Legal/constitutional procedural requirements

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