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Theories of Identity

Theories of Identity. Dr. Holly Kruse Communication Theory. Identity. Used to be assumed we have in-born , essential selves. Now we think of identity as a process that’s never complete . We define ourselves through relations of similarity and difference.

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Theories of Identity

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  1. Theories of Identity Dr. Holly Kruse Communication Theory

  2. Identity • Used to beassumedwe have in-born, essential selves. • Nowwethink of identity as a processthat’snevercomplete. • Wedefineourselvesthrough relations of similarity and difference.

  3. Communication Accommodation • Is the ability to adjust, modify, or regulate your behavior in response to another. • Usually unconscious • Research on accommodations made when conversing with members of other cultural groups.

  4. Communication Accommodation • People often mimic speech and behavior of those with whom they are interacting. • Adjust speech, vocal patterns, gestures to accommodate others • May be more or less appropriate

  5. Communication Accommodation • Convergence: Individuals adapt to each other’s communication. • Divergence: Individual emphasizes differences between self & others. • Overaccommodation: perception that accommodations are patronizing.

  6. Face Negotiation • Goffman: Face is the image of the self that people display in their conversations with others. • A metaphor for boundaries people have in relationships with others. • Face can be maintained, lost, or strengthened.

  7. Face Negotiation • Ting-Toomey: Looked at face in close relationships. • Face determined by two people in a relational episode. • We are concerned with our own face and the face of the other.

  8. Face Negotiation • Conflict can damage face and reduce closeness. • Culture teaches us how to manage conflict. • Face can be threatened: so we use face-saving and face restoration.

  9. Face Negotiation • Face needs: Positive and negative face. • Facework: The verbal and nonverbal strategies we use to maintain, defend, our upgrade our social self image and attack/defend social image of others.

  10. Face Negotiation Face management and culture: • Individualistic vs. collectivist • Conflict management strategies – avoiding, obliging, compromising, dominating, and integrating

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