Exercise 17.1 Analyzing a communication assignment

Analyze the following assignment from a communications course.

Assignment: Distribute a questionnaire to twenty people (ten male, ten female) asking these four questions: (1) What do you expect to say and do when you meet a stranger? (2) What don’t you expect to say and do when you meet a stranger? (3) What do you expect to say and do when you meet a very close friend? (4) What don’t you expect to say and do when you meet a very close friend?

When you have collected your twenty questionnaires, read them over and answer the following questions. Discuss your findings, using concepts and theories explained in your text.

  • What, if any, descriptions were common to all respondents’ answers?

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    What, if any, descriptions were common to all respondents’ answers?
  • How do male and female responses compare?

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    How do male and female responses compare?
  • What similarities and differences did you find between the responses to the stranger and to the very close friend?

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    What similarities and differences did you find between the responses to the stranger and to the very close friend?
  • What factors (environment, time, status, gender, and so on) do you think had an impact on these responses?

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    What factors (environment, time, status, gender, and so on) do you think had an impact on these responses?