...So I picked the movie 21 which is inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art of card counting and took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell finds himself quietly recruited by MIT’s most gifted students in a daring plot to break Vegas. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor and armed with fake ID’s, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and his friends succeed in breaking the impenetrable casinos. Now his challenge is keeping the numbers straight and staying one step ahead of the casinos before it all spirals out of control. Throughout the film two key communication elements, non-verbal and Interpersonal communication played a major role in 21. Let me define them so we all get a better understanding of these two types of communication. Non-Verbal is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless cues between people. Now Interpersonal Communication is direct, face to face communication that occurs between two persons. It is essentially a dialogue or a conversation between two or more people. In the movie 21 a lot of interpersonal communication was a major factor, The first scene where Mickey (played by Kevin Spacey) was talking to Ben (played by Jim Slurgess) in a abandon class room were the rest of the team was sitting talking about their next big move on Vegas. In this part of the movie Mickey was trying to talk Ben in to joining there little...
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...Nonverbal Communication Nonverbal communication plays a crucial role in interpersonal communication. This is even more visible when individuals do not share a common language. Outsourced (2006), explores the journey of an American manager named Todd Anderson. His company, Seattle-based Company Western Novelty, outsources its call center to Gharapuri, India and Todd must travel to India in order to train the new staff and manager. Nonverbal communication is present throughout the movie as Todd, works through the language barrier and is introduced to a new culture, values and rituals. In this paper, nonverbal communication demonstrated in the movie is analyzed and discussed as it relates the research of Argyle (1988), Archer (1997), et al. Adler (2011) defines nonverbal communication as messages expressed through non-linguistic means. Research has shown that in communication, the verbal content only is only responsible for 7% of the message, while vocal cues such as pitch and intonation account for 38%, and facial expression an overwhelming 55% (Mehrabian, 1968). Nonverbal communication can be performed through facial expressions, proximity, and body movements. Argyle (1988) describes the five primary functions of Nonverbal Behavior – 1) Expression of Emotion, 2) Communication of Interpersonal Attitudes, 3) Accompany and Support Speech, 4) Self-Presentation, 5) Rituals. In the movie Outsourced (2006), examples of each of these functions of nonverbal behavior are observed...
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...stereotypical group composed of Regina George and her side-kicks, Karen Smith and Gretchen Wieners. During the movie, Janis and Damien (who are friends of Cady) convince Cady to become Regina’s friend in order to destroy her reputation. Once Regina realizes Cady is faking everything, she frames her by giving the principal the Burn Book, a gossip scrapbook that the Plastics wrote about their classmates. The classic pop culture film revolving around four high school girl’s popularity is the perfect set up interpersonal conflicts. While Mean Girls portrays many aspects of interpersonal communication such as gossip and stereotypes, the main theme in the film is power. Regina George is the most beautiful and most popular girl at North Shore High School. She has control over everyone, including the boys, teachers, and her closest friends. However, the Plastics’ friendship suffers from an imbalance of power. Regina dominates their relationship, making ridiculous rules like wearing pink on Wednesdays and not being able to have their hair in a pony...
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...Fatima Hawkins Professor Amber Koeckritz CST 110 7 April 2016 Interpersonal Communication Film Analysis While any relationship can be difficult, romantic ones seem to be the most complicated. Interpersonal communication can be defined in many ways but is usually described as communication among those in a close relationship (Alberts 189). The Break Up is a perfect movie that will show examples of the definitions used. Individuals initiate relationships with those they see as attractive, while physical appearance is critical in forming a relationship so is a mental and the ability to communicate effectively. When initiating a potential romantic relationship flirting comes in many forms. Ambiguous flirting isn’t overt or obvious and always leave the possibility open that flirting wasn’t happening at all (Alberts 199). Regardless of the technique used, flirting aims to fulfill one purpose: stimulate sexual interest. Knowing and understanding the different theories of relationship development will give a deeper understanding of interpersonal communications. Theory helps explain and predict behavior and understanding the factors (Alberts 191). Attraction theory explains the three primary forces that draw people together to form a relationship. It explains that people like and are attached to others who are similar, rather than dissimilar. Proximity is one of the primary forces which defines how physically close one is to others (Alberts 191). An example from the film would...
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...Hoosiers Film Adaptation ????? MGT311 Professor Williams Hoosiers Film Adaptation The movie Hoosiers was a great story that dealt with many of the topics covered in our readings for this week. The story is about a small-town Indiana basketball team that overcomes many challenges to win the state championship. The main character of the movie is Norman Dale, a passionate basketball coach that faces many obstacles in his attempt to teach his players about the benefits of working together as a team. The movie dealt with many team oriented topics such as team development, interdependence, group cohesiveness, intergroup problems, and confrontation. The movie begins with Dale making his way to the small town where he receives a very apprehensive welcome from a school staff member, the townspeople, and the basketball team. The small town and its people are very set in their ways and are reluctant to change. Coach Dale stirs things up by altering the way things are done with the team by using his version of team development. He makes his players practice without a ball and tries to teach them the importance of communication, setting goals, and the functioning of the group as one. His methods are met with criticism from both the players who are not accustomed to change, and the townspeople that held regular meeting to discuss the coach’s approach to the team. One of Coach Dale’s biggest lessons to his team involves interdependence. According to Brown (2011), “interdependence...
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...Am I Talking to Me? By Izzy Gesell The Power of Internal Dialogue to Help or Hinder Our Success Good communication skills are high on everyone's list of relationship "must-haves." Successful communication can be described as the transmission of thought, feeling or action so that is satisfactorily understood. Usually, the skills referred to are of the interpersonal variety. I think it's just as important to understand your internal communication, referred to as your self-talk, Self-talk is defined as the ongoing dialogue we have with ourselves that determines our behavior and it turns out we talk to ourselves all the time. This self-talk both reflects and creates our emotional states so when the self-talk is negative we become more stressed, less confident and more concerned with what other people think. We often tend to believe our self-talk is real and objective, not always aware that it comes from a feeling or belief we have. The good news is that we can transform our life experiences by learning how to defuse the power of negative self-talk. This entry will look at what self talk is, how it works and describe 5 kinds of negative self-talk. Part 2 will describe 5 additional kinds of negative self talk and offer a way to turn negative self talk around into positive action. HOW SELF-TALK WORKS In the memorable subtitle scene of the movie "Annie Hall." Woody Allen ("Alvy" and Diane Keaton ("Annie") are on the balcony off Annie's apartment. With a cityscape in the background...
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...Logan Stafford Johnny Bragg Interpersonal Communication 7 October 2013 We're Going To Need a Bigger Park For this paper, I chose Steven Spielberg, and chose the movies; Jurassic Park, and Jaws. The movies are very different, but they are very similar in their own way. The beginning of both movies are actually extremely similar. In the opening of Jaws, we see nothing, but ultimately the music starts playing, and to start things off, the girl (not sure if she had a name) was killed by Jaws to open up the film. However, Jurassic Park started off with pretty much the same thing. We couldn't see the raptor that they were trying to put in the holding fence, but we did see one of the park employee's get dragged into the cage with the raptor. That is what gave me the idea to write this on similarities. Both movies result in the deaths of five people by a(n) animal(s), I found that kind of interesting. Both Jaws and Jurassic Park use the element of surprise and suspension, because you don't always see the creatures, but you know that they are there. Both movies were huge successes and the special effects were revolutionary for their times. For the characters, I'm not comparing their personalities, just the roles they played in their movie. Martin Brody, the main character in Jaws, and Dr. Ian Malcolm, from Jurassic Park, are both characters that warn what is going to happen in the film, but are ignored and eventually proven right. John Hammond, the man behind the cloning of dinosaurs...
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...looks at the group and organizational level dimensions of organizational behavior. Work most often than not involves interactions between two or more people. It also implies that these interactions need to be managed for effective functioning of organizations. This course covers important sociological and psychological theories explaining group behavior and leadership, their implications for teams within organizations. We will also discuss some crucial aspects of organizational structure, culture and managing organizational change effectively. At the end of the course the students will be able to: * Understand the dynamics underlying group and team behavior within organizations and therefore be better equipped to deal with interpersonal dynamics at the workplace * Expose students to the concept of leadership and its relevance at the workplace * Understand and appreciate the complexities of the organizational context- specifically the structure and cultural dimensions * Become familiar with issues related to power and politics in the workplace in order to be able to deal with them effectively * Understand how to manage change within organizations * Develop oneself to manage and lead for higher performance in organizations Learning Goals: In addition to the course objectives...
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...ENT 201-50 Fall 2015 | The Social Network Case Study Analysis | | Austin Tiller 12-6-2015 | CASE SUMMARY The founding of Facebook is portrayed in the movie, “The Social Network.” The movie depicts the early years of Facebook, from the origin of the idea through its growth to a multimillion dollar company. In the film, Mark Zuckerberg is hired by the Winklevoss Twins to help them design and program an idea they came up with. Mark decides to create his own version of their idea and begins to work on it with the help of his best friend, Eduardo Saverin. Shortly after, Mark’s version begins to be successful and the Twins realize what he has done and plan to prosecute him. Mark’s successful version also catches the eye of a wealthy entrepreneur, Shawn Parker, who invented Napster. The film continues with the involvement of Shawn in the company that Mark and Eduardo started. It ends with the end of a friendship between Eduardo and Mark due to Mark knowingly tricking Eduardo in giving up most of his shares to the company and betraying a verbal agreement between the two. This situation is just one of the many large bumps in the road near the end of the film as the three main characters deal with many different situations on the road to success. The end of the film also shows Mark/Facebook being sued by the Winklevoss Twins for stealing their idea. Throughout the entire film, it is incredibly interesting to compare and contrast the personalities and characteristics...
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...Role of Conflict and Power BSHS 385 April 27, 2015 Dr. Barbara Hughson Role of Conflict and Power Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic romance novel released in 2011 written by author E.L. James. The story looks at the deepening relationship between a recent college graduate, Anastasia Steel, and young business tycoon, Christian Grey. The book also explains the relationships of Anastasia and her roommate Kate, Christian and his relationship with his family, and also looks at Christian’s abusive relationship he had with Elena Lincoln who is also his business partner. I am going to look at the communication between the characters of this book and describe the power and conflict issues that have been highlighted. I will also discuss how self- disclosure existed between Ana and Christian. Christian Grey is the male character of the book and the love interest to Anastasia (Ana). To the world, he appears to be a young, very handsome, charming, and business savvy man but he has a secret dark side since he secretly practices BDSM. Christian was abused as a child that he continues to have nightmares about into his adulthood. He was adopted by Dr. Grace and Carrick Grey, who also adopted Mia and Elliot as well. Christian had violent mood swings as an adolescent and eventually took a landscaping job for his mother’s friend Elena Lincoln. Elena seduced Christian and introduced him to the BDSM lifestyle, which he says taught him how to control his emotions and channel his anger. Christian...
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...Purpose of Course. This course is divided into two units. There will be one grade for the entire course. The first 4 weeks of the course addresses interpersonal interactions in the context of teams. There are two kinds of capital that are required to be effective leaders: human capital and social capital. Of these, social capital is considered to be more important than human capital. This part of the course emphasizes social capital skills. In particular, having the ability to work with effectively with others is essential for an aspiring manager. This part of the course will focus on both theory and practice in interpersonal relationships. We will cover topics that help to build interpersonal skills. Practice will comprise of team activities. You have already been formed into teams. Teams naturally have their challenges to manage. We put you into teams in part to help you develop/improve your interpersonal skills. This part of the MBA core is designed to help you develop an effective team. The second 4 weeks emphasizes leadership. As aspiring managers, you will need to develop leadership skills and you need to continue the development of your leadership skills during the MBA program. This part of the course focuses on the central topic of leadership, but then addresses issues such as motivation, power, impression management, and managing resistance to change. In particular, leaders are expected to be able to effectively implement change efforts. It is the...
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...assignment. I will examine the following: * noise and sound * Stress * diet, exercise and lifestyle * dangerous chemicals, fumes and dust * occupational related illness * manual handling I will also select one occupational illness (musculoskeletal disorder) in my vocational area. This is one of the most common work-related illnesses. I’m going to discuss what musculoskeletal disorder is. (Causes and symptoms) I will also discuss the impact of this illness and the preventative measures. My vocational area is multimedia. I would like to work as a movie editor in the future. This September I started a course called Multimedia production and Digital movie. I’m studying eight modules (graphic design, multimedia project management, multimedia authoring, web authoring, digital movie production, health and safety at work, communication and work experience.) Contents: Introduction/plan of action:...................................................................2 Noise and sound:.................................................................................4 Stress:................................................................................................ .6 Diet, exercise and lifestyle:..................................................................8 Dangerous chemicals, dust and fumes:..............................................10 Occupational related illnesses..................................................
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...Chapter I PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The age we live in may be defined as the communication age. Effective communication is considered one of the most important skills that individuals should have. Receptive and expressive language abilities constitute a significant aspect of effective communications in terms of language skills. One of the expressive language elements is speaking skill. Speaking is the most common and important means of providing communication among human beings. The key to successful communication is speaking nicely, efficiently and articulately, as well as using effective voice projection. Furthermore, speaking is linked to success in life, as it occupies an important position both individually and socially. As is the case with many basic skills, one of the important periods to improve speaking skill is, incontrovertibly, during primary education. Speaking skills acquired and developed during primary education are significant with regard to both acquisition and permanence. Therefore, it is essential that efficient and effective teaching methods are employed in order to improve speaking skills during primary education. In our view, a favourable technique in aiding primary school students to acquire and develop oral skills is the use of creative and educational drama activities. No matter where this technique is applied, creative drama may be considered a method of learning –a tool for self-expression, as well as art. Background of the...
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...In 1971 a black football coach, Herman Boone (Danzel Washington), is hired as head coach for T.C. Williams High School. He takes over the position from Bill Yoast (Will Patton), nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. Boone offers the assistant coordinator coach position to Yoast, which he declines until the white players vow to boycott the team without him. Yoast reconsiders realizing the boys would lose the chance at scholarships and becomes the defense coordinator. During football camp racially motivated conflicts are handled by Boone with forceful coaxing and extreme athletic training. The boys develop racial tolerance and become a true team. Upon returning from camp, Boone is informed by a black school board member that he will be fired at the loss of a single game. The Titans slowly gain community support, while battling racial prejudice, having an undefeated season. Prior to state semi-finals, a white school board member approaches Yoast and implies he wants Boone fired because of his race, offering Hall of Fame induction if the team loses the game. Referee bias being more than apparent during the next game, Yoast confronts the head official threatening scandal exposure to the press unless the game is refereed fairly. The loss of candidacy induction for Yoast is the result of the teams win. During the towns’ victory celebration the team captain is paralyzed in a car accident. The Titans win state and return ten years later for his funeral. A conflict between...
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...Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is "Perceived" in Non-Verbal Communication Student Name Here Steve Ott November 10, 2006 Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is Perceived in Non-Verbal Communication When selecting a topic for my research paper I started with the idea of exploring the differences in body language used by the different genders. I changed my focus after I read the information presented by two mainstream magazines targeted specifically for women and men. To obtain a woman's perspective I chose an article from Cosmopolitan magazine titled "6 Body-Language Mistakes All Couples Make". For a masculine view I chose an article from Men's Health titled "10 Subtle Signs of What She's Thinking and Feeling". The way in which the information was presented in the two magazines struck me as significant as to how gender is stereotyped by the media and acts as reinforcement in a person's gender identification. I found it personally interesting how the article from Cosmopolitan was four pages long, well documented with excerpts from academic publications, and presented the differences between male and female nonverbal body language as it pertained to relationships. The article in the Men's Health article was very short and succinct and focused on how to read a woman's body language to know if she was interested in having sex. The difference in these two articles only reinforced the stereotypical views of men and...
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