relational journal

COM 315 Module Two Journal Relational Maintenance Habits Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Analyze your relational maintenance habits. Pick one person with whom you are currently maintaining a relationship and have communicated with multiple times via technology in the past 48 hours. Look at the past 48 hours of communication you have had with that person. Journals are private between the student and the instructor. Activities are graded individually.

In your journal:

 Explain the communication technology you used with that person (e.g., instant messaging, microblogging, text messaging, Facebook, email, etc.)

 Which relational maintenance strategy (e.g., positivity, assurances, openness, networks, shared tasks) you used each time you communicated

Example: “Hey! What are you up to tomorrow? Do you want to hang out?” -- Text message: strategy is assurances (focused on future commitment to relationship)

In your journal, respond to the following questions:

 Do you use one strategy more than the others?

 Do you use one type of communication technology to maintain this relationship?

Try for the next 24 hours to use different communication technology and strategies other than the ones you already do. For example, if you noticed all you do is text this person, pick up the phone and call him or her, or send a Facebook message or email. If you are always being positive and talking about assurances, try being more open and see how this impacts your relationship. In your journal, note the changes you made.

In your journal, respond to the following questions:

 What happened when you changed communication technology and tried additional strategies?

 Did this positively affect your relationship? How so?

 How do your relationship maintenance strategies change if the person is long-distance or geographically close?

 What if the relationship were a different type—romantic, friend, family, coworker?

Guidelines for Submission: Submit the assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Rubric Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Factual Assignment Assignment reflects a detailed accounting of technologies and strategies used

Assignment reflects a solid accounting of technologies and strategies used

Assignment includes only general statements subject to interpretation

Descriptions are vague to the point where it is difficult to ascertain the technologies and strategies used

30

Analysis Meets “Proficient” criteria and draws conclusions about what the student's patterns mean and how they should change

Analysis questions are fully answered and reflect a serious effort to examine the student's use of communication technologies and strategies

Answers to one or more questions reflect a superficial effort to examine student's communication patterns

Answers reflect a failure to examine and questions student's use of communication technologies and strategies

60

Articulation Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%

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