A Typology of Theories

1. A Typology of Theories

2. Theories differ in their views of human experience and motivation.

3. Motives

4. Motives • Strategic instrumental:

5. Motives • Strategic instrumental: motivated by a desire “to control the other—to have them know what we know, to think what we think, to do what we would like for them to do.”

6. Motives • Strategic instrumental: motivated by a desire “to control the other—to have them know what we know, to think what we think, to do what we would like for them to do.” • Collaborative:

7. Motives • Strategic instrumental: motivated by a desire “to control the other—to have them know what we know, to think what we think, to do what we would like for them to do.” • Collaborative: motivated by a desire to “participate with the other—to learn from them, to make mutual decisions with them”

8. Meaning

9. Meaning • Person-centered:

10. Meaning • Person-centered: presumes that communication serves to express inner states, thoughts, feelings, and ideas

11. Meaning • Person-centered: presumes that communication serves to express inner states, thoughts, feelings, and ideas • Social-centered:

12. Meaning • Person-centered: presumes that communication serves to express inner states, thoughts, feelings, and ideas • Social-centered: presumes that our thoughts, feelings, identities, ideas are the outcomes of social practices

13. Meaning In Social-centered theories of meaning, we ask why and how we came to think and feel as we do…

14. Meaning In Social-centered theories of meaning, we ask why and how we came to think and feel as we do… and see communication as a force that shapes identity (rather than just a tool for expressing what is innately inside of us)

15. The Four Models

16. The Four Models

17. Cultural Management

18. Cultural Management • Where do we see the attempts to control social-centered experience?

19. Cultural Management • Where do we see the attempts to control social-centered experience? • Where do we see consent scripting behavior (i.e. “that’s the way we do things around here”)

20. Deetz’s Critique of Liberal Democracy

21. Deetz’s Critique of Liberal Democracy • The limits of persuasion and advocacy as a means of decision-making

22. Deetz’s Critique of Liberal Democracy • The limits of persuasion and advocacy as a means of decision-making • The limits of free speech as a means of decision-making

23. Deetz’s Critique of Liberal Democracy • The limits of persuasion and advocacy as a means of decision-making • The limits of free speech as a means of decision-making • The limits of a person-centered view of meaning