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Communication In Panera Bread

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This comic strip takes place in the bedroom of a teenage girl, Amy. Amy and her mother are arguing because the mother has asked her four times to clean up her clothes, but it is clear she has not yet done so. The conversation escalates because the mother claims that Amy never listens to her, and Amy responds with a feisty comment back.

2. The conversation is initiated by the mother who comes through the door, expressing her frustration that Amy still has not picked up her clothes.

3. One of the non-verbal vehicles of communication displayed in this comic strip are the facial expressions of each character, such as furrowed eyebrows, eye rolls, and frowns. To express their frustration and annoyance, both characters use big arm gestures. …show more content…

The two characters in this comic are both women of Caucasian ethnicity. It is clear that Amy is a teenager and her mother is middle-aged. By the characters’ clothing and Amy’s room, it appears that the family is of the middle socioeconomic status. Amy’s interest in reading reveals some level of education, and the fact that she has so many clothes to pick up shows that she has many possessions. The mother’s laundry basket on her hip implies that they are not wealthy enough to have maids do their chores, but that they have a laundry operating system within the house, which also implies a middle socioeconomic …show more content…

At a local Panera Bread, three adult women were sitting at a table talking about what colleges their children applied to and what that process was like. To keep the conversation operating smoothly, the women took turns talking back and forth and asked one another follow up questions to keep the flow of the exchange.

4. One of the rules observed during this conversation was back channel feedback, in which the ladies would nod or make “mmm” noises to communicate that they were listening and understanding the woman speaking. They also regulated the conversation by taking turns talking, although one woman in particular talked more and longer than the other two.

5. At one point, the conversation flow broke down because after one woman ended speaking, there were no other questions asked or comments made. The silence was broken when one woman finally made a statement about how quickly her daughter’s senior year seemed to be going by, which was followed by echoes of agreement from the other two mothers who began talking about graduation and grad night plans. The conversation about their senior children ended when their attention switched to the server bringing them their plates of

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