Communication Is The Single Contingency Perspective

Over the course of the semester we have studied a wide range of subject matter including effective forms of communication, sexual assault, racism, face threats, and many other important concepts that one must to take in to account while attempting to understand how communication functions. Even though we have explored such a wide range of materials, three important concepts have remained relevant throughout the course of the semester. Those three concepts are the single, double, and triple contingency perspectives that we as communication scholars can use to evaluate how communication functions in society. These different ways of viewing communication help us to understand how communication is the building blocks for our social norms and†¦show more content†¦Either way the single contingency perspective puts all of the pressure on the sender to be able to properly formulate his or her ideas and effectively communicate those ideas to the receiver in order to achieve the desir ed outcome. The next perspective we used to gain a better understanding of how communication functions, is the double contingency perspective. This perspective is a step back from the single contingency perspective in the sense that instead of solely evaluating the sender the double contingency perspective also evaluates the receiver and takes into account the social, local, and cultural context of what is being said. What this means is the double contingency perspective looks at how other people and or the receiver might interpret the message being sent. For example, if you are talking to someone from a different cultural background and use a slang term they might not be able to understand the message you are sending them. Another example of how this perspective differs from the single contingency perspective is on the subject of self-disclosure. Some cultures believe that disclosing lots of personal information is a good way of building relationship while other cultures believe that it is not appropriate to disclose personal information