A Prime Time Television Show Part I.
Watch a prime time television show (or rerun) in which the episode focuses on a group of
people who are talking to each other in formal or informal meetings as the context for the show.
You may choose from the following: The Office, Law & Order, the Shield, 24, The Unit, or reruns
of shows such as Friends, Seinfeld, or Everyone Loves Raymond. If you would like to use a
different show, send a message to your instructor to get approval for your choice. Take notes
while you watch the show so that you can notice and recall who played group task roles, group
maintenance roles, and any self-centered roles. Your notes in Part I should be integrated into
your answers to the assignment questions in Part II.
Note: This assignment is not referring to communication that occurs because of peoples
personalities or job skills. Please refer to Figure 9.1 in your textbook for specific group
communication roles.
If the show you have selected does not give you an opportunity to observe a small group
working together in the particular episode you have chosen, please choose another episode or
show. It will be difficult for you to answer the questions well if the show does not match the
purpose of this assignment. However, you can discuss poor examples of group communication
roles as well as good examples and show your learning. You do not have to find only good
examples of group communication roles. If you cannot find a show with a group of people who
are very clearly in a small group communication situation, then you may need to discuss a real-
life group of people who are communicating with each other in a small group situation.
Part II.
Read the following questions. Write the answers to the questions, review your work, and submit
your answers. Integrate the key concepts and key terms from this lesson into your answers.
The answer to each question should be approximately 6 to 10 sentences in length. You should
write your responses in complete sentences free of spelling and grammatical errors. Please
type your answers in a Word document and then paste your answers below each question in
the space provided.
Before completing this assignment, review the G
rading Rubric.
1. List the television show that you watched. Use the communication task roles
Chapter 9 and 10 discuss to describe two specific characters and the
communication task role(s) they played. How did these roles affect the group
communication? Give specific examples.
2. Describe each maintenance/social role in your own words, and explain which were
present in the television show you watched. Which maintenance/social roles have
you commonly seen happen in your everyday life?
3. Briefly describe a “self-centered role.” How do you think self-centered roles detract
the group from its goals? Give specific examples.
4. Using the functional approach to leadership, analyze the leader of the group from
the television show you watched. Did this leader perform mostly task functions or
process functions? How did the persons leadership affect the communication of
the group? Give specific examples and incorporate concepts from the textbook.
5. Of the variables that affect climate (found on page 267), which was the most
prevalent in the group communication that you observed? Answer Preview
1.List the television show that you watched. Use the communication task roles Chapter 9 and 10 discuss to describe two specific characters and the communication task role(s) they played. How did these roles affect the group communication? Give specific examples. The television show I watched was Everyone Loves Raymond. And the episode was Just shot me. There are three characters; Sae Glaucoma, Segal and Malick. In every communication group, there is always a task role. Task roles are the actions of people in a show that assist in moving the decision, project and the task along (Bonsignore et al., 2016). In the episode, Sae Glocome initiated the communication as she entered the room where the other characters were conversing joyfully. She interrupted their conversation and drew their attention by saying she had great news. Malick was not amused and had no desire of knowing the great news. Segal played a communication role of information seeking where he asked Glocome whether she had gone to the meeting he had suggested to her
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