Effective Communication

The television show I chose was Here comes Honey Boo Boo. I have seen commericals from this show but never viewed  a whole entire episode, so I got the opportunity on Wednesday to see the episode of the wedding.

Communication is the process of sharing thoughts and feelings between people through speaking,body language, or writing ( O"Hair & Wiemann,2012). In order to become effective in communicating the concept is to ensure that the content transmitted is recieved and understood in the way the message was intended. In the show the relationship based on the way the people are communicating is a family unit. The family consist of June (mother), Sugar bear (father), and 4 siblings, Honey boo-boo ( Alana), Lauryn ( pumpkin), Jessica, (Chubbs), and Anna ( Chickadee).

 Findings from viewed with the Sound turn-off:

 The feelings and expressions based on nonverbal behavior observed in my opinion is joy, happyness, feaf nervousnes, and anxiety, these are shared by June. Her facial expressions consist of the batting of the eyes, and her tone of speech is not consistent, kind of ramblimg. The children add on to the problem by constanly beating on the bath room door. From watching sugar bear he seems to be in control based on his facial expressions.

Findings of the show with the sound turn on:

At this point the weddings has begun. The wedding party marches out, leaving June and the person who walks her out alone. She seems to be more in control. She looks out of the window, and says "Old my GOD!" Sugar bear level of emotions at this point is a all time high. The movement of the lips indicates nervousness, and when he sees June, the eyes change to some what of a brighter state. He gets real emotional during the vows, and starts to cry outright.

I had no assumptions concering the show before I viewd it with the volume on or off.  Based on what what I read about the characters, and the way they communicate with one another, I knew I would really enjoyed what I would see, or hear. However in this particular episode, the speech pattern, and the body language was kind of polished up. My assumptions might have been more correct depending on the context of a particular showI knew well. Communication involves, the extent to which the message is symbolic, the extent to which the code is shared,whether the message is culturally bound, and the percieved intentionality of the sender, and whether the decoding, or encoding message is transactional ( 2012).
In my opinion all of the skills have to be practiced and learned , therefore, no assumptions should be made as to waht we may think the intended message should have been from the sender.

This show was very, very, funny, exciting, and a wonderful show to watch for entertainment.

Reference
O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. ( 2012). Real Communication. An Intoroduction ( 2nd, ed.). New York. Bedford/St.Martin's.