Communication Accommodation Theory
Introduction
In the Encyclopedia of Communication Theory written by Stephen W. Liitlejohn & Karen A. Foos on Page 1 Letter A on Accommodation Theory. In the book it is explained that a sociolinguistic research conducted in the 1950s and 1960s describes a person who changes the way of speaking & language in a social context, or you can also call someone speaking in a big tone in one place, while in another someone speak in a low tone.
Accommodative Action
In our daily life we will meet different people, it is necessary to adapt our speaking to other languages convergence. It is necessary to adjust the language with the interlocutor in order to form an effective or continuous communication pattern, but it should also be noted that the accommodative action in question is not changing the way of speaking with an excessive reaction.
Example: If we usually speak in an intellectual environment, our speaking style must follow an intellectual environment, as well as when we communicate with an ordinary person, our speaking style must also be ordinary, avoid using words that ordinary people cannot understand.
The similarity of speaking styles in this theory is intended for positive things, in order to enlarge the similarity of communication styles. That way, there will be inner contact between speakers so that positive energy can flow, it will increase love and affection between speakers.
The simplest example at this time we can try in the world of Blurt. In the past, @double-u once made a PUB once a week, so whoever wants to stay in touch and want to join the PUB, we have to adjust our speaking style. In the PUB there are various categories for discussion, so as newcomers we have to use language styles to adjust to the PUB. Likewise between BLURT users. There are various cultures and cultures of Blurt users, meaning that we have to adjust our language style so that a more intense and serious dialect is formed, so that later we can create a similar environment.
Did you know? Studies in this theory show that social power possessed by a person becomes an integral part. People with low social status who have to adjust to those who have high social status. This happens because those with high social status have large social capital.
Example: In Social Media Blurt, new users have to approach old users to get acquainted. Share information, and comment. If we look further, Blurt users who have little Blurt capital must go to Blurt users who have large capital so that later they will get awards from Blurt users who have large capital.
Non-Accommodative Action
An act of deliberately not conforming to the other party. This action is seen as non-convergence or can be seen by others as something negative. In Part of us there is a trait where we definitely will not give credit to people if they underestimate us, and do not respect us.
Conclusion
If you enter a new environment, then you must take accommodative actions, this is so that you can develop for the sustainability of your social status in the new environment. Accommodative actions can be practiced in the real world and on social media. All humans will definitely face new things, therefore language adjustment is very important for us, so that the balance in communicating can be realized as well as possible.
Communication is not so much about rich and poor. Unfortunately, many people here have not understood that. It's about communities of interest and good posts.
The pub was a very good opportunity for all newbies to draw attention to themselves and get in touch with others.
I started that way too and met new people there who in turn supported me and our Uganda project.
But I was never interested in how much blurt someone had.
I'm interested in the personality, the character of the person.
The worst thing I always find are the people who don't have their own opinion and run after the whale upvotes instead of creating their own connections and communities.
It's sad that even here on Blurt, money and power is often in the foreground and not the networking of people worldwide....
The pub is closed, a large part of the German community has left and so a great opportunity is gone,
to become more visible on Blurt and to exchange with several people from different countries centrally and at the same time.
Too bad!
I see PUB as a very extraordinary community. In PUB there are various positive reactions, this is very good for the development of BLURT.
Of course we cannot deny that there are some people who build communication in PUB to get an award from the pope. Even though this is not prohibited but has a negative view, it doesn't really matter if small users have to get closer to the Pope.
But what is very unfortunate when someone fails to get an award then he makes things worse. I looked at some accounts, and I found these people have a bad attitude towards PUB, people like this who can't adjust their communication.
Even though PUB has closed, the positive aura of PUB is still flying within us, this is a sign that the PUB that has been built so far has not been in vain. (SUCCEED).
I see at this time many PUBs are popping up, of course this is adopted from PUBs built by @dauble-u , @michelangelo3, @elkezaksek and other friends, this is a moment that we should keep.
Hopefully the project in Uganda can motivate us to build a sense of self-awareness, so that it can benefit everyone.
Likewise to all PUB users, I hope you are always healthy and happy in carrying out their daily lives.
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