As we know the Pragmatic Perspective views communication as a patterned interaction, so in another words in communication we always have interaction of words and opinions, which supports in a way or another the main subject of the conversation. I consider communication to be a game, because we always tend to play with the words and conceptions in order to formulate a proper conversation. Even without noticing we are getting consumed by the game, it is a psychological game, which gets into our system without a trace. We don’t see the obvious game that we pursue in the conversation, which sometimes makes us vulnerable to objection and conflict from our piers. I personally don’t agree with the fact that is not a game.
I can agree with you for most communications most of the time we are defently playing a pre-prescibed game. We know all the moves and the we learn new moves everyday. But I also believe there are communications that come up in life for which we do not know all the rules and moves, in these cases we have to learn to communicate using other methods and models. The example I gave was raising children. Ninety percent of raising children is purely how we communicate with and around them, there is no distinct set of rules for how this should be done and the correct manner in which to do so and new things come up everyday for doing this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the pragmatic model, I like how it sees communication, like a game. I also consider communication to be a game because it is a set of actions and responses that have no ending and you can enjoy it. But also as every game you can fail to transmit your message, or you can success. As you say, you get consume by the game without even noticing you are already playing the conversation game. The pragmatic model explains the conversation pattern pretty simple, for every word we speak or every message we send there is a response, and it might be conscious or unconscious.
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