1. Communication departments rarely have a faculty representing all seven traditions. In order to create specialties and minimize conflict, some recruit from
just one or two. What tradition(s) seems well-represented in your department?
2. Suppose you and your best friend have recently been on an emotional roller
coaster. Which of the seven highlighted definitions of communication offers the
most promise of helping you achieve a stable relationship? Why?
3. The map in Figure 4–1 represents seven traditions in the field of communication theory. In which region do you feel most at home? What other areas would
you like to explore? Where would you be uncomfortable? Why?
4. Think of a time when you had to decide whether to lie or tell the truth. How
did you decide what was the right thing to do? Overall, when is lying right and
when is it wrong? How do you know?
