The Object of Study

When discussing any form or language, it is essential to establish and determine the context and/or meaning the words or gestures are being used in. Considering "communication as a contract", the initial communication process is mutually agreed upon; however, can be terminated whenever a participant does not wish to continue the conversation.

In today society, there are so many loaded words and gestures, "it is the product passively registered by the individual" (pg. 4). With that notion in mind, the understanding of such speech and language can become a chore as individuals can venture to new forms of speech which the general population might be unaware of (i.e. speaking in slang).

As there are many forms and variations of language spoken, engaging in communication can create assumption problems. Individuals should not assume that their communication partner is aware of the underlying meaning of their spoken words. With a given "communication contract", they might be agreeing or disagreeing to something they don't fully understand.

Therefore, is it the responsibility of the person proposing something to make sure the other participant understands everything that is involved, or is it up to the other person to seek out clarification with unknown speech?

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Welcome to the Cultural Studies 100 blog!

Welcome to the class blog. Each tutorial group has their own. Use it for thoughts, questions, problems, ideas, and discussion! Please be respectful of one another. Michael and I are members as well, so we can contribute too by posting and commenting on others' posts. We are also administrators of our tutorial groups' blogs, which means that we control the format of that blog, and we can remove any post or comment that is inappropriate for this forum, even if we didn't author it ourselves.
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