Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their use. In our daily routines of communicating, even though we may not realize it, the use of language AND signs affect the way our messages are being delivered, received, and making meaning out of it. Signs communicate ideas, attitudes, and beliefs to us. Signs that …
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Sunday Beauty Queen
As a daughter of an OFW in Hong Kong, this documentary made me realize what it feels like to be at the same job. It made me understand more about what our OFWs experience, good or bad, and how they cope with it. Luckily, my mom has good employers and never had to struggle so …
Intercultural Communication: The Third Space
It cannot be denied that when two people of different cultures engage into a conversation, misunderstanding and conflict is just around the corner. Knowing that different cultures are diverse and unique from each other, it can easily be understood that way. However, this diversity cannot be the permanent excuse to the emergence of intercultural conflict. …
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Communication: The Filipino Way
On the first chapter of Melba Maggay’s Pahiwatig: Kagawiang pangkomunikasyon ng Filipino, she discussed 10 indigenous Filipino ways of interpersonal communication. A lot of it were very relatable, as a Filipino, I also see myself applying such ways. I learned most of it from the people surrounding me, such as my family and friends. The …
Identity, Positioning and Self-Other Relations
Moghaddam and Harré (2010: 2) stated that positioning theory is about “how people use words (and discourse of all types) to locate themselves and others”. Further, that is “it is with words that we ascribe rights and claim them for ourselves and place duties on others” (p. 3). As relatively evident in other identity theories, …
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Identity Construction
To build one’s identity is a lifetime process. It is a lifetime process, in the same way that we engage in social interaction in our whole life. As we grow and learn to interact with others and adapt to our environment, we also, little by little, build our own versions of ourselves. Our identity is …
Digital Rhetoric
There’s always a difference between real and online situations. Yes, online has its perks, but it does not always apply. Traditional rhetoric can be more complex than what we think of it. In attempting to use rhetoric in digital spaces, the rhetors and the audience will have to adapt to the gaps in it. But …
Molten Souls
As the Amazon rain forest continues to be buried in its own ashes, capitalists grin ear to ear as their pockets ignite. Being in a position where I don’t experience firsthand affection from this problem, all I can ask is: “Where has humanity gone?” People are literally overlooking the urgency in this situation — we …
Rhetoric and the Logic of Persuasion
“Don’t ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs.” Hamza Yusuf Rhetoric, in its simplest form, is pertained to the art of persuasive speaking. It is basically a skill used by man to get what he wants through a potentially manipulative speech. Lloyd F. Bitzer stresses that not all persuasive …
to speak or to write: will it matter?
Communication must be HOT. That’s Honest, Open, and Two-Way. Dan Oswald Oral communication is the first method that humans developed. In primary oral cultures, people relay information solely through speech, meaning, everything is said and heard. I could say that the practice was particularly more expressive and elaborate, which although may require more time and …
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