COMM 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Groupthink, Pitch Shift

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Communication Stds
• Course: COMM 210
• Professor: Katherine Denker

Document Summary

Follows a panel discussion or symposium: call and response, q and a session. Findings or deliberations: introduction, transitions, and conclusion. Synergy: get more out of your group, the product is greater than the sum of its parts . Has certain communication qualities and is articulate. Uses intelligence to fight enemies of the group. Provides a good balance to the task leader. Forming coming together and finding your role. Storming brain storming and the beginning of some conflict. Norming getting over any initial conflict and the group dynamic is steady. Performing giving the speech with the group. Adjourning the end of the speech and moving on. Groupthink: it"s easy to agree with the majority. When everyone agrees, good ideas go to waste. Why it happens: it saves time, it prevents real thought, it avoids conflict. Work as a safety net: have each member become a content expert. Familiarize yourself with your member"s intros and conclusions in case of emergency.