Exercise 19.1 Analyzing a communication assignment

EXERCISE 19.1

Analyze the following assignment from a communications course using the questions in 19c.

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 the responses, 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?

    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?

    How do male and female responses compare?
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    points: 10
    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?

    What similarities and differences did you find between the responses to the stranger and to the very close friend?
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    points: 10
    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?

    What factors (environment, time, status, gender, and so on) do you think had an impact on these responses?
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    points: 10
    What factors (environment, time, status, gender, and so on) do you think had an impact on these responses?