“This is the way it should be”
The beginning of romance follows many social rules, from the first encounter to the ultimate first kiss. Do you remember the steps that were taken when you first started an intimate relationship? With your current partner or with an ex-partner? W Barnett Pearce and Vernon Cronen came up with the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning, CMM (West & Turner, 2018) to help explain how people use communication to communicate and the social cues that help along the way. Kate and the owner of the Lake house are found to be alone together, (Movie clips, 2015) the owner of the lake uses Social constructivism (West & Turner, 2018) with Kate and it slowly unravels the two to share a passionate kiss while dancing to a …show more content…
Kate is displaying episode (West & Turner, 2018) with her body language as she is crossing her arms and doesn’t focus on the lake owner even when he asks her how she is doing, she simply acknowledges he is there by saying “good” (Movie clips, 2015) but is closed off to starting a conversation with him. The owner of the lake house comes next to her to have a seat alongside Kate making sure to leave a comfortable space between them to avoid the awkwardness from being to close. The use of Social reality (West & Turner, 2018) is present when he asks Kate if she has ever read a book that just so happens to be her favorite book and is very open to discuss what the story is about. Kate is detailed in her telling the story of the book that displays episode concept (West & Turner, 2018) that …show more content…
A song is playing in the background and Kate tells the man she is a good dancer which gives him the cue to close in closer on the proximity between them. He holds her, and she returns the same body gestures showing interpersonal meaning (West & Turner, 2018). The two of them start swaying to the song back and forth. Little by little the two are coming closer, Kate is rubbing her hands along his back and he returns the same gestures creating their own social reality (West & Turner, 2018). Kate is showing she has now let her guard down as she is starting to caress his face and he is returning the favor. They are communicating no longer with the words they are saying but with their bodies, with their hands and it leads to a kiss they both share. (Movie clips,
The beginning of romance follows many social rules, from the first encounter to the ultimate first kiss. Do you remember the steps that were taken when you first started an intimate relationship? With your current partner or with an ex-partner? W Barnett Pearce and Vernon Cronen came up with the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning, CMM (West & Turner, 2018) to help explain how people use communication to communicate and the social cues that help along the way. Kate and the owner of the Lake house are found to be alone together, (Movie clips, 2015) the owner of the lake uses Social constructivism (West & Turner, 2018) with Kate and it slowly unravels the two to share a passionate kiss while dancing to a …show more content…
Kate is displaying episode (West & Turner, 2018) with her body language as she is crossing her arms and doesn’t focus on the lake owner even when he asks her how she is doing, she simply acknowledges he is there by saying “good” (Movie clips, 2015) but is closed off to starting a conversation with him. The owner of the lake house comes next to her to have a seat alongside Kate making sure to leave a comfortable space between them to avoid the awkwardness from being to close. The use of Social reality (West & Turner, 2018) is present when he asks Kate if she has ever read a book that just so happens to be her favorite book and is very open to discuss what the story is about. Kate is detailed in her telling the story of the book that displays episode concept (West & Turner, 2018) that …show more content…
A song is playing in the background and Kate tells the man she is a good dancer which gives him the cue to close in closer on the proximity between them. He holds her, and she returns the same body gestures showing interpersonal meaning (West & Turner, 2018). The two of them start swaying to the song back and forth. Little by little the two are coming closer, Kate is rubbing her hands along his back and he returns the same gestures creating their own social reality (West & Turner, 2018). Kate is showing she has now let her guard down as she is starting to caress his face and he is returning the favor. They are communicating no longer with the words they are saying but with their bodies, with their hands and it leads to a kiss they both share. (Movie clips,