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Co-cultural Theory
As human beings we are trained to understand the world around us by the use of language (Foss & Littlejohn, 2011). The use of language creates a structure for interpretation of information and gives us a...
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the findings of this study (Carbaugh, 2007). Although this study evaluates the Centennial Park community and communication through the lens of a critical theory, the results and conclusions of this study are only intended to...
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allowed total freedom in asking questions and they openly explained their perspectives. These informal interviews lasted on average between two and three hours and were conducted with as few as one person and as many as...
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(1) Meanings about being, personhood and identity. The first radiant answers the question, who am I or who are we? In addition to the actual words communicated by participants, there is additional information that they...
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family’s income. These decisions are agreed upon by the husband and wives based on each person’s preference and the needs of the family.
“Home mothers” divide the responsibilities and further delegate duties to the...
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the Centennial Park community felt safe from government intervention in their lives, the members of the community understood that by living a lifestyle that is against the law, they were at risk of not being allowed to live...
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believed that abuse was rare in their community, but because of the distrust of the dominant culture and especially leadership figures, polygamists often did not see appealing to police or social programs as an option to...
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planned to destroy all the paperwork and adopt all the kids out and they didn’t want her to get attached to the baby.
In all, this young mother and her small girls moved around Arizona and Northern Utah for 10 years before...
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rude comments or offensive behavior, Interviewee #2 related an incident while she was shopping:
I was in an aisle all by myself… and all the sudden out of nowhere these two kids jumped out the aisle on each side of me one...
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people were generally accepting of her lifestyle. She described her friends’ reactions to her lifestyle as:
You do what you do, and I do what I do, and we’ll be friends. So it’s not a problem… they’re fine with it....
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The transition of accepting a new woman into the family is a period of growth and adjustment. In some families the transition is relatively smooth. Interviewee #2 describes her experience as she entered an established family...
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Short Creek was founded in that area because nobody else wanted to live there (See figure 2). The people who moved to Short Creek found the climate difficult, but sufficiently isolated. There they believed they could...
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Although nothing can replace the loss of a parent, the loss was made easier because of the strength of the family and the closeness of the community. After returning to the other dinner guests, we all talked about their...
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is difficult for them to unite with one voice. Because traditionally studied co-cultures maintain close contact with the dominant group, it can be difficult to understand how the mainstream communication structure does not...
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Chapter 6: References Anderson, J. M. (1979). The polygamy story: Fiction and fact (first ed.). N.p.: Publishers Press.
Ardener, E. (1978). Some outstanding problems in the analysis of events. In G. Schwinner (Ed.), The...
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Hymes, D. (1972). Models of the interaction of language and social life. In J. Gumperz & D. Hymes (Eds.), Directions in sociolinguistics: The ethnography of communication (pp. 35–71). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston....
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Levitt, S. D., & Dubner, S. J. (2005). Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything (Revised and Expanded ed., pp. 163-188). New York, NY: William Morrow.
Littlejohn, S. W., & Foss, K. A. (2011)....
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Philipsen, G. (1992). Speaking culturally: Explorations in social communication. Albany, NY: State University of New York.
Philipsen, G. (1997). A theory of speech codes. In G. Philipsen & T. Albrecht (Eds.),
Developing...
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Appendix 2
Official Declaration-1
To Whom It May Concern:
Press dispatches having been sent for political purposes, from Salt Lake City, Which have been widely published, to the effect that the Utah Commission , in their...
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Literature Review 7
The Successful and Unsuccessful Student 7
Hardships and Solutions of Math Homework 10
Effective Math Teachings 14
The Importance of Communication between Schools,...