Communication in Small Groups

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Communication in Small Groups

• Chapter 10/Week 10
• Part 1

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Overview - Part 1

• Lecture/narrative on East Germany
• Archetypes different conceptions and connections

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The Lives of Others

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  of-Others-261666.html

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EAST GERMANY
WEST GERMANY
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New ideas are wanted. Think, talk, do.
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Quality is a matter of honor.
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Summary of Self-Destructing State

• The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
• 40th anniversary of the German Democratic
  Republic (GDR)
• Propaganda apparatus was comprehensive
• Unorganized, socially isolated population took to
  the streets
• Collective institutions and small face-to-face
  groups created by the state
• inadvertently create an oppositional public
• structured opportunities for dissent that leads
  to resistance

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Summary of Archetypes
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The Concept of a Group Archetype

• Key features
• Image or model of a particular group type
• Idealized as following routine patterns, having
  regularized behavior
• Has a common name in the vernacular
• Socially situated
• Product of a particular society
• Exists in a well-suited institutional/cultural
  niche

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Reviewing Different Archetypal Conceptions and
Connections

• (Optional exercise Have students brainstorm
  about the different small group archetypes,
  whether they are positive or negative, and how
  they are connected to other archetypes -- the
  following slides are the results of their work.)
• New archetype forms Discuss and evaluate
• Valences Positive/negatve
• Key connections

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AcrimoniousFamily
HarmoniousFamily
Social Gang (Clique)
Support Group
Therapeutic Group
Criminal Gang
PlayGroup
Collab- orativeLearningGroup
Activist Group
Band
CRGroup
Heist Team
ConsensualDemocracy
Deliberative Jury
Athletic Team
TaskForce
Parlia-mentary Council
Groupthink
Self-Managing Work Team
X-Team
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Athletic Team
Work Team
Band
Hobby groups
Larps
Navy Seals
Clique
Criminal Gang
Brothel
Heist Team
Family
Jury
Support Group
Drug trafficking
TaskForce
Activist Group
Cults
Friend group
Retirement group
Red text negative influence on society
Powers et al.
Blue bubble major importance to society
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Work Groups
Task Force
Sports Teams
LARP
Religious Groups /-
Cults -
High School Cliques -
Gangs -
Support Groups
Civic
Peer Groups
Play Group
Jury
Family
Bands
Duran et al.
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Sports Teams
Family
Clique
Military
Bands
Friend Groups
Gangs
Play Groups
Roommates
Online Group
Cults
Committee
Clubs
Task Force
Jury
Religious
LARPS
Activist Groups
Conscious Raising
Work Groups
Support Groups
Wyland et al.
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Activist
Military
Italic Major Group () Overall Positive
Group (-) Overall Negative Group
Volunteer
Friend Group
Support Groups
Jury
LARP
Cults -
X Teams -
Gamers -
Work Team
Task Force
Family
Sports Teams
Cliques
Superhero Teams
Criminal Gangs -
Bands
Doherty et al.
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AcrimoniousFamily
HarmoniousFamily
roommates
Volunteer Groups
Church Group
Sorority/ Fraternity
Cults
Social Gang (Clique)
Support Group
Therapeutic Group
Criminal Gang
Leadership Team
Terrorist Groups
Fan Clubs
PlayGroup
Collab- orativeLearningGroup
Activist Group
Band
CRGroup
Heist Team
Clubs
Friends
ConsensualDemocracy
Deliberative Jury
Athletic Team
TaskForce
Military Groups
LARP
Parlia-mentary Council
Groupthink
Self-Managing Work Team
X-Team
Simpson et al.
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AcrimoniousFamily
HarmoniousFamily
Covent Group
Church Group
Cults
Committee Group
Therapeutic Group
Social Interest Group
Friend Group
Social Gang (Clique)
Support Group
Criminal Gang
Volunteer Org.
Frat/ Sorority
Grass roots Group
LARPS
PlayGroup
Collab- orativeLearningGroup
CRGroup
Heist Team
Activist Group
Band
Study Group
ConsensualDemocracy
Deliberative Jury
Athletic Team
TaskForce
MilitaryForce
Parlia-mentary Council
Groupthink
Self-Managing Work Team
X-Team
McKeown et al.
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Major Importance
Positive Influence
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Negative Influence
Minor Importance
Group Archetype Exercise
Roommates

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Gang

Sports Team
/-
Friends
Navy Seals


Cliques
Work Team
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Family

Committee

Task Force
Orchestra
Jury


Support Group
Club

-
Cult
/-
Band
Live-Action Role Playing
/-
Activist Group
/-
OSullivan et al.
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Friends
Heist Group -
Family
Family -
Gang -
Sports Team
Support group
Religious group
Task force
Religious Group
Clique
Band
Cult _
Military teams
Minority Group
Larp
Theater
Supreme Court
Research group
Work teams
Exec board
Activist group
Lab teams
Jury
Leadership team
study groups
Wilkins et al.
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Cults
Cliques
Pledge Class
Bands
AA
Religious Groups
Friends Groups
Family
Support Groups
Sports Teams
Military Task Force
Activist Groups
larping
Gangs
Heist Team
KEY
Feminist Groups
Major Group Negatively influences individual
or group Positively infuences individual or
group
Work Force
Task Force
Pit Crew
Jury
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Communication in Small Groups

• Chapter 10/Week 10
• Part 2

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Overview - Part 2

• Journal groups
• Journal 8 Group maturity
• Journal 9 EST exercise
• Closing lecture
• Summary EST framework spanning the theories and
  concepts in Group in Society
• Theory and practice revisited Small groups and
  social movements
• Final practical insights on small groups

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Embedded System Framework
Group decisions and records Subjective member a
ssessments
Tasks and/or purpose Groupstructure Member
goals, beliefs, and characteristics
Group interaction Cognitive andemotionalprocess
ing
Localcontext
Social system
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EST Summary
Nature of group task(esp. coop./competitive)
Decision rule anddiscussion procedures Role/pow
er relationships Leadership style/ability
Group maturity/flexibility Group cohesion,
trust, and commitment Distribution of
member beliefs, attitudes, information Member
social identities and ties to other
groups Member mental health (self-confidence,
anxiety)
Rigor of discussion Completeness of information
exchange Positive/negative social
relations Procedural monitoring/talk Symbolic
expression/ Narrative processing Treatment
of deviance
Quality of group decisions/ performance Assessmen
t of fairness/quality of group process Attitudes
toward different social groups
Institutional support/ training for
groups Competitiveness and equity of
power/status relations and rewards Policies
toward diversity/innovation
Socio-economic divisions/stratification Cultural
orientations(individualist/collectivist, hierarc
hical/egalitarian) Pool of group
archetypes, roles, social identities, and
cultural myths Legal/constitutional procedural
requirements