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Chapter  6Coordinated Management of Meaning


  • Ronald Arnett paid tribute to Pearce’s life and scholarship in his article.
    • Ronald C. Arnett, “Philosophy of Communication as Carrier of Meaning: Adieu to W. Barnett Pearce,” Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, Vol. 14, 2013, pp. 1-9. 
  • For additional scholarship on CMM, see:
    • W. Barnett Pearce and Kimberly A. Pearce, “Extending the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) Through a Community Dialogue Process,” Communication Theory, Vol. 10, 2000, pp. 405-424.
    • Eerika Hedman and Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, “Facilitating Conversations that Matter Using Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory,” OD Practitioner, Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 41-46. 
  • For a cross-cultural, non-Western perspective, Jia argues for a less Western-centric view of effective communication incorporating the principles of CMM.
    • Wenshan Jia, “Towards a Discipline of Life Communication?,” Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Vol. 12, 2017, pp. 23-26. 
  • For interpersonal applications of CMM, Merolla and his coauthors have an excellent discussion of forgiveness in light of CMM
    • Andy J. Merolla, Shuangyue Zhang, Jennifer L. McCullough, and Shaojing Sun,”How Do You Like Your Forgiveness? Communication Style Preferences and Effects,” Communication Studies, Vol. 68, 2017, pp. 568-587. 
  • For an interesting combination of organizational communication practices, gender, and CMM, Hudak’s exploration of toy marketing is an interesting take on the theory’s concepts.
    • Kasey Clawson Hudak, “Deceiving or Disrupting the Pink Aisle? GoldieBlox, Corporate Narratives, and the Gendered Toy Debate,” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 14, 2017, pp. 158-175. 
  • For an applied CMM analysis in group settings:
    • Eerika Hedman and Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, “Facilitating Conversations that Matter Using Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory,” OD Practitioner, Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 41-46.
    • Eerika Hedman-Philips and J. Kevin Barge, “Facilitating Team Reflexivity About Communication,” Small Group Research, Vol. 48, 2017, pp. 255-287. 
  • CMM in the classroom:
    • Darrin S. Murray, “Navigating Toward Andragogy: Coordination and Management of Student–Professor Conversations,” Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 78, 2014, pp. 310-336.

Buber’s Dialogic Ethics

  • Although Buber was not a communication scholar per se, his philosophy has been extremely influential in communication circles.  In his interpersonal communication textbook, Bridges Not Walls, for example, John Stewart presents Buber as his foundation for meaningful human communication. Julia T. Wood follows a similar strategy in Everyday Encounters: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication.  For more information on Buber, Richard L. Johannesen's Ethics in Human Communication is a good general source, as is his entry, “Buber,” in the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition (86-87). 
  • For a good collection of essays on dialogue, see Rob Anderson, Kenneth Cissna, and Ronald C. Arnett, The Reach of Dialogue: Confirmation, Voice, and Community, Hampton Press, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ, 1994.
  • For a distinctly feminine perspective on ethics that borrows from Buber, see Nel Noddings, Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984.

 



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Chapter  6Coordinated Management of Meaning


  • Ronald Arnett paid tribute to Pearce’s life and scholarship in his article.
    • Ronald C. Arnett, “Philosophy of Communication as Carrier of Meaning: Adieu to W. Barnett Pearce,” Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, Vol. 14, 2013, pp. 1-9. 
  • For additional scholarship on CMM, see:
    • W. Barnett Pearce and Kimberly A. Pearce, “Extending the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) Through a Community Dialogue Process,” Communication Theory, Vol. 10, 2000, pp. 405-424.
    • Eerika Hedman and Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, “Facilitating Conversations that Matter Using Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory,” OD Practitioner, Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 41-46. 
  • For a cross-cultural, non-Western perspective, Jia argues for a less Western-centric view of effective communication incorporating the principles of CMM.
    • Wenshan Jia, “Towards a Discipline of Life Communication?,” Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Vol. 12, 2017, pp. 23-26. 
  • For interpersonal applications of CMM, Merolla and his coauthors have an excellent discussion of forgiveness in light of CMM
    • Andy J. Merolla, Shuangyue Zhang, Jennifer L. McCullough, and Shaojing Sun,”How Do You Like Your Forgiveness? Communication Style Preferences and Effects,” Communication Studies, Vol. 68, 2017, pp. 568-587. 
  • For an interesting combination of organizational communication practices, gender, and CMM, Hudak’s exploration of toy marketing is an interesting take on the theory’s concepts.
    • Kasey Clawson Hudak, “Deceiving or Disrupting the Pink Aisle? GoldieBlox, Corporate Narratives, and the Gendered Toy Debate,” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 14, 2017, pp. 158-175. 
  • For an applied CMM analysis in group settings:
    • Eerika Hedman and Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, “Facilitating Conversations that Matter Using Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory,” OD Practitioner, Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 41-46.
    • Eerika Hedman-Philips and J. Kevin Barge, “Facilitating Team Reflexivity About Communication,” Small Group Research, Vol. 48, 2017, pp. 255-287. 
  • CMM in the classroom:
    • Darrin S. Murray, “Navigating Toward Andragogy: Coordination and Management of Student–Professor Conversations,” Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 78, 2014, pp. 310-336.

Buber’s Dialogic Ethics

  • Although Buber was not a communication scholar per se, his philosophy has been extremely influential in communication circles.  In his interpersonal communication textbook, Bridges Not Walls, for example, John Stewart presents Buber as his foundation for meaningful human communication. Julia T. Wood follows a similar strategy in Everyday Encounters: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication.  For more information on Buber, Richard L. Johannesen's Ethics in Human Communication is a good general source, as is his entry, “Buber,” in the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition (86-87). 
  • For a good collection of essays on dialogue, see Rob Anderson, Kenneth Cissna, and Ronald C. Arnett, The Reach of Dialogue: Confirmation, Voice, and Community, Hampton Press, Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ, 1994.
  • For a distinctly feminine perspective on ethics that borrows from Buber, see Nel Noddings, Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1984.

 



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  • To quickly find a theory by chapter number, use the Table of Contents and link from there. It will take you directly to the theory with available options highlighted.
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