Exam 1 Flashcards
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Chronemics
Study of time as it is bound to human communication
Time as a cultural assumption
Deepest level of culture that contains taken-for-granted and institutionalized beliefs and values
Contemporary Zeitgeist
The spirits of the times: More-faster-better
Project Management Triangle
-Old engineering maxim
-Pick two: cheaper, faster, better
Fungible Time
Time units are exchangeable
Epochal Time
-Each time unit is unique and not exchangeable
-Signals a different “code” for our behavior which dictates our temporality
Objective Conception of time
-In the environment or biologically-driven
-Pacers that impact social and personal times
-Ex: semester
Subjective Conception of time
-Individual
-Personal idiosyncrasies (like or unlike one’s culture)
Intersubjective Conception of time
-Shared by a culture or group
-Created through interaction, communication
-The basis of chronemics
The relationship of pace to other dimensions of time
slow <—> fast
Pacers
Sleeping at night and waking at daylight (i.e., the diurnal cycle)
Exogenous pacers
The environment
Endogenous pacers
An entity
Zeitgeber pacers
Power
Speed of creation
-How quickly it is written
-140 characters
Frequency of circulation
-How quickly it is shared
-Rapidly
Wavelength of consumption
-How quickly it is read
-Constantly
Principles of Speed
-Speed is an addictive drug
-Speed leads to simplification
-Speed demands space
-Speed creates assembly line effects
-Speed leads to a loss of precision
Filling in all the gaps
The loss of un-accelerated time
Globalization
-Reduces importance of distance in speed
-Global telecommunication based on real time
Moore’s Law
The capacity (speed) of microprocessors doubles every 18 months
Slow Movement Principles
Calm, careful, receptive, still, intuitive, unhurried, patient, quality-over-quantity,
reflective
Tempo guisto
-Balance
-The right speed
Unhurried conversations
An accomplishment between a clinician and patient to make themselves available to the other in order to improve care