Ali Assaad

Communication studies student former President and Vice President of @owensmsacc

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

My favorable one is the cognitive dissonance theory. People prefer comforting lies rather than facing unpleasant truths. Even though we contradict ourselves, it is not necessarily a bad thing. #UTcommtheory

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@detroitpenn It is indeed still relevant because both have the ability to shape public opinion. They decide what society thinks and feels.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@detroitpenn Me too, my favorable one is the cognitive dissonance theory. People prefer comforting lies rather than facing unpleasant truths.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

Media and Gatekeeper, both have the ability to shape public opinion. They decide what society will think and feel. So, the agenda setting theory is still relevant. #UTcommtheory

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@alm0stdne It’s nice that your parasocial relationship celebrity does good things to end violence against women and girls.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@acherry333 I like your meme, but Google is more than just an online search engine, it started as an online search firm, but now it offers more than 50 Internet services and products.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

Soccer is more than just a game to me. I am addicted to watching soccer games, my favorite player is Lionel Messi, who I have a parasocial relationship with. He brings kindness, courage and joy to me. He scored the winning penalty in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 game. #UTcommtheory

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Facebook, online social media. Created 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard College and 4 other students, name derived from face book directories. As of December 2022, Facebook claimed 2.96 billion monthly active users, ranked third most visited website, soon first. #UTcommtheory

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@Chiamaka_Anna18 I agree with you, during COVID-19 pandemic communication technology was the only way to get in touch with our loved ones. Meeting them in person makes things better but we are glad we had a tool to communicate with our family in a matter of seconds.

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@Emma37439986 Assertive accommodation encourages team development, so working as a team will make your life easier, it enables mutual respect with the team members. The team will learn, work better and succeed.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

Watch your acts, someone is watching or recording you. This is Context Collapse #UTcommtheory

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@kaseygale1 That’s so true, you will always find spare money around so that you can go out with your friends.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@lilymfreese Unfortunately, you always find people of groups that stick together to themselves and avoid outsiders especially in schools and colleges, even at work.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

Technology comm helped get advice quickly to slow spread of COVID-19; like increase hand washing, staying home, social distancing, wearing masks in public. Negative impact: misinformed people about health advice such inhaling disinfectant, washing food with bleach.#UTcommtheory

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

Aggressive/Assimilation orientations: At work, new agent took long on troubleshooting, got help from team asking her to do extra steps than normal, she got frustrated by the process, supervisor was helping as well, she became aggressive, supervisor calmed her down. #UTcommtheory

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

An attempt to “save face” when things aren’t going their way. A form of aggression, retaliation, conflict, or insulting the other person involved. This might be a way to deal with the loss of self-face. #UTcommtheory

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@OpferAaron I agree with you, getting involved in things that you can throw ideas to help the team will be really helpful.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@ShaDavis73 I like your example; I wish all organizations create cultures that prioritize the benefits of their employees.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@detroitpenn Glad he was OK, I see what you mean, I don’t like people driving my car, especially people that like to speed.

[Ali Assaad @aliassaad16]

@queernamehowiee That’s a true meme, I had that feeling in high school. I like it.