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COMM 3030 - Communication and Social Responsibility
Social Responsibility
Posted posted by natalie @ 3:39 PM
To me, social responsibility means thinking outside of yourself and making decisions based on what is good for society as a whole. As human beings, we are all connected and our actions effect others. I believe, as many others in the class, that social responsibility begins with the individual. But great change does not usually begin and end with one individual. To affect change in society, we must come together and "turn to one another". We are a society dependent upon each other and in order to begin addressing our societies problems, we must begin an open dialouge.Social responsibility begins with communication and the greatest tool of communication is writing. One persons words can educate and inspire thousands of people. The written word inspires conversation, another tool of social responsibility. More people, especially those in positions of power, need to understand the power of true conversation. True conversation is not one-sided or arugmentative, but is a way of communicating different ideas and understanding one another. Misunderstandings and lack of communication are partly at fault for problems in our society. We do not take the time to understand others that are different than ourselves. The easiest way to understand someone is to listen to them and engage them in a conversation. This is not always easy or comfortable, but we cannot solve problems when we don't even understand eachother.
