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Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon…
Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
Persons-in-conversation co-construct their own social realities and are shaped by the worlds they create. Communication is a two-sided process of making and managing meaning and coordinating our actions. What we say matters because we get what we make. If we get the pattern right, the best possible things will happen.
Communication is not just a tool for exchanging ideas and information.... It ‘makes’ selves, relationships, organizations, communities, cultures, etc.
Persons-in-conversation co-construct their own social realities and are simultaneously shaped by the worlds they create. (Pearce)
persons-in-conversation is the primary social process of human life
the way we communicate is often more important than what we say (moods & manners)
our actions are reflexively reproduced as the interaction continues
communication has an afterlife
Communication is a two-sided process of stories told and stories lived (Pearce and Cronen)
Stories told = tales we tell ourselves and others in order to make sense of the world and our place in it
Stories lived = the ongoing patterns of interaction we enact as we seek to mesh our lives with others around us
Terms
Coherence
- the process of making and managing meaning by telling stories.
Logical force
- the moral pressure or sense of obligation a person feels to respond in a given way—”I had no choice.”
Coordination
- people collaborating in an attempt to bring into being their vision of what is necessary, noble, and good, and to preclude the enactment of what they fear, hate, or despise.
Bifurcation point
A critical point in a conversation where what one says next will affect the unfolding pattern of interaction and potentially take it in a different direction.
Mindfulness
- the presence or awareness of what participants are making in the midst of their own conversation.
It is helpful to respond to challenging or boorish statements with phrases that showed
curiosity
rather than offense
The Rule of Agreement
reminds you to respect what your partner has created and to at least start from an open-minded place
We create our social worlds through our patterns of communication
Destructive accusations and reactive anger will most likely make a defensive relationship
Genuine questions and curiosity will have a better chance of making a more open relationship.