CHAPTER 5 Small Group Communication
EUT 122
SMALL GROUP
COMMUNICATION
After this lecture students should be able to:
1.
Define small group communication
2.
Explain the characteristics of small group 3.
Explain group members role in group talk
The Outlines
Definition
Directly observable characteristics
◦ Communication
◦ Space
◦ Time
◦ Size
Indirectly observable characteristics
◦ Interdependence
◦ Norms
◦ Structural patterns
◦ Goals
◦ Perceptions
DEFINITION
… a few people engaged in communication interaction over time usually in face-to-face settings, who have common goals and norms and have developed a communication pattern for meeting their goals in an interdependent manners
(Cragan and Wright, 1999).
DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SMALL
GROUP
1. COMMUNICATION
2. SPACE
3. TIME
4. SIZE
Communication
1. COMMUNICATION
For real group communication to occur, there must be more then turn-taking communication.
True group communication is not random, but purposeful communication interaction such as problem-solving, team-building, and trust-building. 1. COMMUNICATION
The purposeful communication interaction is central to a definition of a small group and can be determined through:
The frequency of the communication interaction. The distribution of communication interaction among participants.
The content of the communication interaction.
Space
2. SPACE
Space refers to the location of interaction
Face-to-face communication must occur for a collection of people to become a small group.
But, the emergence of new technologies has changed this definition; teleconferencing regularly occurs in business life and group members in different places.
Time
3. TIME
A collection of people have to communicate with one another for some period of time before they become a group > Why?
However, it might take less then a minute for a group to form and function as a team.
In contrast, the student work group you are assigned to in class may have
SMALL GROUP
COMMUNICATION
After this lecture students should be able to:
1.
Define small group communication
2.
Explain the characteristics of small group 3.
Explain group members role in group talk
The Outlines
Definition
Directly observable characteristics
◦ Communication
◦ Space
◦ Time
◦ Size
Indirectly observable characteristics
◦ Interdependence
◦ Norms
◦ Structural patterns
◦ Goals
◦ Perceptions
DEFINITION
… a few people engaged in communication interaction over time usually in face-to-face settings, who have common goals and norms and have developed a communication pattern for meeting their goals in an interdependent manners
(Cragan and Wright, 1999).
DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SMALL
GROUP
1. COMMUNICATION
2. SPACE
3. TIME
4. SIZE
Communication
1. COMMUNICATION
For real group communication to occur, there must be more then turn-taking communication.
True group communication is not random, but purposeful communication interaction such as problem-solving, team-building, and trust-building. 1. COMMUNICATION
The purposeful communication interaction is central to a definition of a small group and can be determined through:
The frequency of the communication interaction. The distribution of communication interaction among participants.
The content of the communication interaction.
Space
2. SPACE
Space refers to the location of interaction
Face-to-face communication must occur for a collection of people to become a small group.
But, the emergence of new technologies has changed this definition; teleconferencing regularly occurs in business life and group members in different places.
Time
3. TIME
A collection of people have to communicate with one another for some period of time before they become a group > Why?
However, it might take less then a minute for a group to form and function as a team.
In contrast, the student work group you are assigned to in class may have