Theories of Communication: Narrative Theory
BLC 122
THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION
TOPIC:
NARRATIVE THEORY
CONTENTS PAGE
1. Critical writing
1.1. Definition 3
1.1.1. Narrative Paradigm 3-4
1.1.2. Good reasoning 4
1.1.3. Narrative Rationality, Coherence and Fidelity 4-5
2. Weaknesses of the theory 6-8
3. Strength of the theory 8-10
4. Examples of the theory
4.1. Article about Narrative Theory 11-14
4.2. Participation Observation & Interview
4.2.1. Respondent Background 15
4.2.2. The Finding 15
4.2.3. Summary 16
5. Discussion whether the theory is still applicable 17
6. Suggestion to improve the theory 18
1. CRITICAL WRITING
1.1 Definition Narrative theory is the way on how stories are told , how meaning is constructed to achieve the understanding of the audience. We use narratives or stories to make sense of our lives and the world around us.
In our life, we love to hear stories and we also like narrate the story to the closest person to us like our family and friends. Different people have different way of narrating the stories. This is because of the personality traits, more specifically the Big Five personality traits, appear to be associated with the type of language or patterns of word use found in an individual's self-narrative. In other words, language use in self-narratives accurately reflects human personality.
According to communication theorist Walter Fisher, humans are natural storytellers (1978, 1984, and 1987). We continually weave discrete events and experiences together into coherent wholes that have all the features of stories; a plot: characters: action: a sequence of beginning, middle and end: and a climax.
1.1.1 Narrative Paradigm
Narrative paradigm is a concept in communication theory and was developed by Walter Fisher. The concept is adopted from the oldest form of communication – story telling. He stated that all meaningful communication is in the
THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION
TOPIC:
NARRATIVE THEORY
CONTENTS PAGE
1. Critical writing
1.1. Definition 3
1.1.1. Narrative Paradigm 3-4
1.1.2. Good reasoning 4
1.1.3. Narrative Rationality, Coherence and Fidelity 4-5
2. Weaknesses of the theory 6-8
3. Strength of the theory 8-10
4. Examples of the theory
4.1. Article about Narrative Theory 11-14
4.2. Participation Observation & Interview
4.2.1. Respondent Background 15
4.2.2. The Finding 15
4.2.3. Summary 16
5. Discussion whether the theory is still applicable 17
6. Suggestion to improve the theory 18
1. CRITICAL WRITING
1.1 Definition Narrative theory is the way on how stories are told , how meaning is constructed to achieve the understanding of the audience. We use narratives or stories to make sense of our lives and the world around us.
In our life, we love to hear stories and we also like narrate the story to the closest person to us like our family and friends. Different people have different way of narrating the stories. This is because of the personality traits, more specifically the Big Five personality traits, appear to be associated with the type of language or patterns of word use found in an individual's self-narrative. In other words, language use in self-narratives accurately reflects human personality.
According to communication theorist Walter Fisher, humans are natural storytellers (1978, 1984, and 1987). We continually weave discrete events and experiences together into coherent wholes that have all the features of stories; a plot: characters: action: a sequence of beginning, middle and end: and a climax.
1.1.1 Narrative Paradigm
Narrative paradigm is a concept in communication theory and was developed by Walter Fisher. The concept is adopted from the oldest form of communication – story telling. He stated that all meaningful communication is in the