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COM100 Introduction to Human Communication Lesson 5 Short Answer Read all of the directions for Part I and Part II carefully before you start your work. Note: The groups referred to in this course are task groups where group communication roles are played to increase the effectiveness of the communication in the groups. This is not the same as a group of people who are doing their jobs and their roles are their job titles. Part I. Watch a prime time television show (or rerun) in which the episode focuses on a group of people who are talking to each other in formal or informal meetings as the context for the show. You may choose from the following: The Office, Law & Order, the Shield, 24, The Unit, or reruns of shows such as Friends, Seinfeld, or Everyone Loves Raymond. If you would like to use a different show, send a message to your instructor to get approval for your choice. Take notes while you watch the show so that you can notice and recall who played group task roles, group maintenance roles, and any self-centered roles. Your notes in Part I should be integrated into your answers to the assignment questions in Part II. Note: This assignment is not referring to communication that occurs because of people’s personalities or job skills. Please refer to Figure 9.1 in your textbook for specific group communication roles. If the show you have selected does not give you an opportunity to observe a small group working together in the particular episode you have chosen, please choose another episode or show. It will be difficult for you to answer the questions well if the show does not match the purpose of this assignment. However, you can discuss poor examples of group communication roles as well as good examples and show your learning. You do not have to find only good examples of group communication roles. If you cannot find a show with a group of people who are very clearly in a small group communication situation, then you may need to discuss a real-life group of people who are communicating with each other in a small group situation. Part II. Read the following questions. Write the answers to the questions, review your work, and submit your answers. Integrate the key concepts and key terms from this lesson into your answers. The answer to each question should be approximately 6 to 10 sentences in length. You should write your responses in complete sentences free of spelling and grammatical errors. Please type your answers in a Word document and then paste your answers below each question in the space provided. Before completing this assignment, review the Grading Rubric. These are the questions you need to answer. 1. List the television show that you watched. Use the communication task roles Chapter 9 and 10 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. 2. 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 seen happen in your everyday life? 3. Briefly describe a "self-centered role." How do you think self-centered roles detract the group from its goals? Give specific examples. 4. Using the functional approach to leadership, analyze the leader of the group from the television show you watched. Did this leader perform mostly task functions or process functions? How did the person’s leadership affect the communication of the group? Give specific examples and incorporate concepts from the textbook. 5. Of the variables that affect climate (found on page 267), which was the most prevalent in the group communication that you observed? Materials you may need to read before answer the questions
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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 ...


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