Coordinated Management of Meaning (Cmm) by Stephen Littlejohn

Coordinated Management of Meaning (Cmm) by Stephen Littlejohn

Coordinated Management of Meaning (CM): A Research Manual consists of the work of Barnett Pearce, Vernon Cronen, and their colleagues over the past 40 years. The theory offers a rich set of ideas for understanding communication processes. Still dedicated to ways in which people coordinate interaction and construct meaning, the theory offers fresh ways of examining human social life. This manual provides a brief, clear, and useful set of tools for CM research.

Although this booklet does provide a short introduction to the theory, it assumes some background in CM theory and is designed for CMers who want a clearer picture of how to conduct research in this tradition.

Of particular importance in this endeavor is maintaining a communication perspective to ensure that researchers focus on the communication processes, rather than look through it to something else. To achieve this goal, researchers can describe the process, interpret communication events, provide critique, and assert action plans. The framing of research questions is especially important in maintaining a communication perspective.

Research tools are organized into the categories of description, interpretation, critique and action. In addition, the CM consulting method known as SEAVA is translated into research processes that involve storyboarding, enriching stories, analyzing interaction, visioning, and acting.

Littlejohn, Stephen W.: - Stephen Littlejohn (Ph.D., University of Utah), is a conflict management consultant, mediator, facilitator, and trainer. He is consultant for the Public Dialogue Consortium and a partner in Domenici Littlejohn, Inc. Stephen is co-author of Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide (Sage, 1997) and has written numerous other books and articles on communication and conflict. He was a professor of communication at Humboldt State University in California and is currently Adjunct Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He has done research on mediation and conflict management for 19 years and has been an active mediator for eight. Stephen has been a consultant for such clients as the Waco Youth Summit, the Alliance for Constructive Communication, the City of Cupertino, Columbia Basin College, and Washington State University.

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ISBN 13	9781938552601
ISBN 10	1938552601
Title	Coordinated Management of Meaning (Cmm)
Author	Stephen Littlejohn
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Taos Institute Publications
Year published	2017-08-31
Number of pages	82
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