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Peer Groups: Expanding Our Study of Small Group Communication

Autor SunWolf
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2008
Peer Groups: Expanding Our Study of Small Group Communication is the first textbook to explore and discuss group communication dynamics with the group that most students are already familiar with—peer groups. This book brings alive for students many existing group theories, while showcasing under-utilized theories that usefully explain the processes of the groups in which people (and students in particular) spend most of their time. Peer Groups uses a variety of traditional and nontraditional theories and concepts to examine the dynamics of four real world peer groups: children's play, adolescence cliques, gangs, and juries. It moves from the earliest childhood experiences in groups, through adolescence and young adulthood, to peer groups as conscripted service (juries). Further, the book pays important attention to the common painful and dysfunctional aspects of being a member of peer groups: group exclusion, moral and legal misbehaviors, and the rule-breaking behaviors and regrets of members of peer groups.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412926867
ISBN-10: 1412926866
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"I enjoyed the book, learned a LOT, and LOVE her creativity in discussing different examples that help group constructs some to life. It represents the breadth of the new Group Communication Division in NCA better than any book I have seen."
"I can unequivocally state that the proposed text is LONG overdue! Over the years I have reviewed several text proposals. SunWolf's proposal ranks in the 99th percentile. . . . This is one of the most innovative, heuristic, pragmatic, and engaging proposals I have ever perused."
"Peer Groups is different from the run-of-the-mill group text book. I can see that my students will learn so much more from Dr. SunWolf's orientation than they have from the other books I've used. The benefits are that the topics related to [students'] practical world and that there is so much to foster in-class discussion. Although many students are familiar with the ‘work world,’ they are not yet there. Dr. SunWolf provides them with what is relevant in their lives now!"

Cuprins

1. Peer Group Lenses
Theoretical Lights That Illuminate Peer Group Dynamics
Beyond Theories
Using Multiple Theoretical or Conceptual Lenses
Critical Thinking About Group Theories and Concepts
2. Peer Groups in Childhood: Learning the Rules of Peer Play
Communication Processes in Early Childhood Peer Groups
Communicating Values About Group Rules in Early Childhood Peer Groups
Gender Differences in Childhood Groups
Strategies Children Use to Gain Entry to Playgroups
Leadership in Children's Playgroups
Silent Childhood Stresses
Tales of Peer Group Rejection
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Children's Peer Groups
3. Peer Groups in Adolescence: The Power of Rejection
Freaks, Geeks, Jocks, and Stars
Communicating Group Values in the Culture of Adolescent Peer Groups
Strategies That Adolescents Use to Attempt to Gain Entry to Peer Groups
Bittersweet Peer Power
Adolescent Group Boundaries
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
Critical Thinking About Adolescent Peer Groups
4. Peer Groups in Neighborhoods: Hoodies, Homies, and Gangsta Girls
Homeboys and Hoods
Gangsta Girls
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Neighborhood Peer Groups
5. Peer Groups That Super-Task: Hot Groups
Hot Groups
The Hot Group State of Mind
Workin' From Can't to Can't
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Peer Groups that Super-Task
6. Peer Groups as Decision Makers: Juries
Scene: Courthouse Jury Assembly Room
Historical Juries
Enacting Group Leadership
Structuring Member Communication
The Work of Jury Work
When Peers Disagree
Regret Among Peers
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Juries and Decision-Making Peer Groups
Epilogue

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Descriere

An accessible and case-study laden exploration of communication theories and concepts and how they can be applied to a variety of real world groups.