Crafting Identity: A week at the theater

(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: A week at the theater →

I wrote a blog post about ten years before the reunion that is the subject of today's post. For this is the 10-year reunion. At graduation I had no idea where I was headed. At the five-year reunion I saw many people who were couples, and I was single. Yet my college sweetheart (we did … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #21: College Reunion →

Doing the math …

When you talk about math, most people think of arithmetic. But most math today isn't arithmetic. Not that it is always highly complex, but the real math, whether in science or economics, always has an extra twist, an extra layer, that you don't expect from arithmetic. I took a vacation day Monday. Betsy also ended … Continue reading Doing the math … →

Communication Ethics Literacy and Difference: Dialogic Learning

This chapter begins with two points that I think make a lot of sense. As a conservative, libertarian, whatever amorphous description actually belongs to me, or is put upon me by the Other (Liberal, Progressive, Compassionate), I have a feeling that the other thinks these two points are most pertinent for me to learn, when … Continue reading Communication Ethics Literacy and Difference: Dialogic Learning →

Healthcare Communication Ethics

Health care communication ethics protects and promotes the good of responsive hope and the good of care for the Other in meeting moments of robust heath, normal difficulties, the tragic, and the inevitable. Arnett, Ronald C.; Fritz, Janie; Bell, Leeanne M. (2008-08-04). Communication Ethics Literacy: Dialogue and Difference (Kindle Locations 3791-3793). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition. … Continue reading Healthcare Communication Ethics →

Business and Professional Communication Ethics

Business is involved in the continuing to exist, to serve its purpose, knowing its direction, and how to face change. The ethics of communication involve knowing the organization's direction and purpose, and recognizing moments of change to respond to. Once again this chapter, No. 10, looks at its questions through metaphors of communication ethics praxis, … Continue reading Business and Professional Communication Ethics →

Intercultural Communication Ethics: Before the Conversation Begins

Chapter nine takes a look at Culture as the good. We forego considering the individual as primary, and learn about other cultures without presuming they are simply equal. The authors do this through a review of four metaphors of communication ethics praxis: Intercultural Communication Culture Culture Shock The Inarticulate Cultural differences work to provide us … Continue reading Intercultural Communication Ethics: Before the Conversation Begins →

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Crafting Identity: A week at the theater

Crafting Identity: A day at the fair

Crafting Identity: Cultural Citizenship and Cultural Production

Crafting Identity: A good read

A Blast of the Past #21: College Reunion