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Explain cues filtered out theory, media richness theory, and social information processing theory. How are these theories reflected in your own life? Explain.

According to the textbook the definition of Cues-filtered-out-theory is, “Theory that suggests that communication of emotions is restricted when people send messages to others via text message because nonverbal cues such as facial expression, gestures, and tone of voice are filtered out.” What I think that Cues-filtered out theory is saying is when it comes to social media communications its hard to fully understand what the other person's is trying to communicate without getting nonverbal cues from the conversation. One day I was text messaging my boyfriend and we were talking about …show more content…

When I am texting my boyfriend and I put a lot of time and effort into an important message I feel as if he is getting all of my cues and he knows how I am feeling. If I don't put a lot of time and effort into it and just send a quick message communication could be misinterpreted.
2. Define self-esteem. Explain a situation in your own life where your self-esteem was affected in a negative way. Based on text information on improving self-esteem, be specific on 3 ways to improve your self esteem in the situation. Be specific about your own …show more content…

A time when I had very low self esteem was back in my sophomore high school. My dad was diagnosed with cancer my sophomore year and looking at my friends families and seeing everyone healthy and happy. I struggled with being away from home at a college prep boarding school and my self esteem became very low. I just didn't think that I was as good as any of my friends and my life just seemed to be falling apart and I felt like I had no control over my life. Three things really helped me build back my self esteem and that was social support, reframing, and stop comparing myself with others.
Social support is defined as “expression of empathy and concern for others that is communicated while listening to them and offering positive and encouraging words.” What social support is by talking to someone and then giving you positive feedback and just having them hear what you are saying. Something that helped me when I started to slowly build myself worth back up was talking to my counselor and getting social support and just talking about everything that was happening in my life. My counselor, Delwin Garcia, helped me build up my self worth and helped me see how valuable I really

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