The Pros And Cons Of Social Penetration

The Social Penetration Theory is an explanation by two communication theorists, Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor. This theory attempts to explain how relational closeness develops. Since we all have hundreds of different relationships, with thousands of different people during our lifetime, it is an important theory to study and understand.

Throughout the song, Tupac gives an inside look on the social problems affecting African-Americans and suggests possible solutions. In the first stanza of the song, Tupac first talks about how certain social issues are linked together; he makes a correlation between his skin color and being poor. Tupac says “I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.” Then he explains how poverty causes crime by saying “My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch.” And finally, he demonstrates the relationship between police brutality and race by saying “Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero.”

The song expresses how people are not living up to society's values and norms. It suggest that the socialization is at fault and that they contribute to improvement of self being. The song implies the way society goes against values and norms by one of the very first lyrics in the song. The lyric goes, “What’s wrong with the world, mama, People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas…” (lines 1-2). This makes one aware of the lack of values in one's family. Values is the belief or an idea that a person or group has to determine is correct or not. Another verse of how the band shows one disobedience of the values and norms comes toward the middle of the song. “People killin', people dyin’, Children hurt and you hear them cryin, Can you practice what you preach, And would you turn the other cheek…” (lines 50-53). These verses show of society has failed to act stable and logical way that society once viewed as correct living. These actions show that citizens have not lived up to the expectations of society. Social norms are likes the laws of society. Laws are things that are illegal behaviour and norms are like behaving in a way society wouldn’t like. For example being in gangs, like the bloods, or the crips, or a big group that goes against society's norms like racial groups. An example of a racial group would be the KKK.

The song’s character is just a member of the majority, even if the songwriters condemn his way of thinking. The criticism of the average citizen becomes much clearer during the second section of the song.

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

Nona Mitoyan COM 200 October 3, 2015 Professor Williams Interpersonal Lens Outline I. Working Definition of Lens: Whether verbal or nonverbal, interpersonal communication is the exchange of symbols between individuals. Breaking the term into two, we get “inter” and “personal,” meaning interpersonal communication is both personal and connecting between two or more communicators. II. Communication Phenomenon for Analysis: I will use an interpersonal lens to examine the progressive relationship between Lucas and Peyton in One Tree Hill.

Social Penetration theory attempts to explain the differences in communication in relation to the depth of interpersonal relationships. “Irwin Altman and Dallas Taylor, the theory states that relationships begin and deepen through self-disclosure. In the beginning, people establish

There are poor and homeless people all over the world that they are not helping, but they are busting the black people way of living by having a war on drugs. Shakur spoke on what others were scared to speak on. He addresses to the government we see these actions taken place. The purpose of this song was to state how everyone knows that racial violence and issues on the streets would never change. It shows how people must accept the fact that there will always be poverty, racism, police brutality and violence in the world.

This song was Lupe Fiascos way of expressing his dislike of the current United States government. He uses many controversial subjects like terrorism and foreign policy to get his point across. By doing so he shows his listeners the corruptness of the country. For example in his song he states “crooked banks around the world would gladly give a loan today, so if you ever miss a payment they can take your home away.”(Fiasco) in this part of his song, he explains to us how corrupt banks scheme to make a quick profit at the expense of one of their customers who can’t afford it. -------------

This part of the song depicts the struggle of sexism in the United States. This song resonated with me because of my disbelief that so many people voted for a man who was so candid about sexism, racism, and ableism.

The women are shown as satisfied just by dancing next to touchy and feely men. The lyrics send out the message that all women appear to be easy and lured by wealth/a good time, even though this does not represent all women. The lyrics also standardize men and make it okay for them to play around. It makes me consider how society emphasizes the fact that men are not powerful enough unless they are getting girls and making money. In a way, the lyrics open up the discussion on how the media normalizes unhealthy perceptions about gender roles and relationships.

Halfway through the second verse, Ab -Soul sends a message to the President of our nation by saying, “Dear Barack, I know you’re just a puppet but I’m giving you props, you lying to the public like it ain’t nothing and I just love it, I hope it don’t stop.” What Ab-Soul is trying to get across is that even though Barack Obama is a puppet of

The song is embedded with copious amount cultural criticisms on behalf of the artist, along with their respective suggestions for an upheaval as a response. The artist of this particular song has used it as a tool for criticizing capitalism, and subsequently used it as tool for promoting socialism. As presented through the example of “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz, music can definitely serve as a powerful instrument of conducting or igniting revolution, as it is able to speak to whoever is listening on a level deeper than surface level. All of which forces the listener to contemplate the legitimacy of their perceived reality, and in turn, prompts them to challenge their idea of what is normal, and what is truly right or

In other words Social Penetration Theory is a process in which a person reveals themselves to another person. The theory is that people reveal themselves in layers of bits of information. Disclosing things such as; layer one- age, job, hometown; layer two- musical interest, hobbies, religion; layer three- fears, values, self-esteem. The speed at which people do this depends on a variety of factors including your attachment style (pg. 61). The attachment test tells me I'm dismissive, I agree. I am often told I have no emotions. It doesn't bother me to hear that because it is somewhat true. I am not the type to be very forward or lay all my cards on the table. People have to pull off a lot of layers to get to know the real me. I put up a guard because I was hurt once. In the time it took to get over it I believe I lost all feelings towards emotional relationships. I do have feelings I'm just not willing to open up to people and let them see. I hardly ever cry (ever) and if I do

Social Penetration Theory (STP) explains the process of how relationships develop through self-disclosure. (Griffin, Ledbetter & Sparks 2015) Through self-disclosure, closeness develops as the relationship continues to grow. To present Social Penetration Theory, I am choosing to write about a personal experience on how my best friend Taylor and I became close. I will be explaining on how Taylor and I developed our relationship overtime through self-disclosure and personality structure. As Taylor and I’s relationship grew, I continued to get to know her until we reached a deeper level through observation. I will explain through terminology, steps and concepts on how Taylor and I’s relationship grew overtime.