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Running head: GROUP COMMUNICATION
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Group Communication
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GROUP COMMUNICATION
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List the television show that you watched. Use the communication task roles
Chapter 9 and then discuss to describe two specific characters and the
communication task role(s) they played. How did these roles affect the group
communication? Give specific examples.
In an office scenario when a meeting is held, different people take up different
communication roles. In the chose television show, The Office in the 37th episode which is also
the ninth episode of the ninth season, the two main characters Michael Scott and Jim are
demonstrating the characters of an initiator and an opinion seeker respectively. In this episode
called “The Convict,” the selected scene is where Scott being the head of the team in the office
calls for a meeting with the aim of retaining the workers (Gervais & Stephen, 2005). From the
discussion, it is evident that some workers are complaining and even referring to the workplace
as a prison. To convince them to stay, he decides to play the role of “Prison Mike” and uses that
character to display what prison is like. Through this approach and being that he is the one that
calls for the meeting, he becomes the initiator. Jim, on the other hand, takes the position of the
Opinion Seeker since he asks questions for clarification.
Scott’s role gives the group an opportunity to respond and also show how each person
feels about prison as an analogy. Jim’s role, on the other hand, causes humor but also makes the
rest of the team to brainstorm.
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Describe each maintenance/social role in your own words, and explain which
were present in the television show you watched. Which maintenance/social roles
have you commonly ...