Week 2 Question 2

1. For pragmatic perspective scholar, communication is more like playing a game (p.32). As it describe in the text, “According to pragmatic view, communication consists of a system of interlocking, interdependent behavior that become patterned over time” (p.32). In this perspective, communication is a game that involves players and moves and how the players interact with each other become a sequence of patterns. For example, when player A said something to player B, player B would give some feedback to A, in another word; they are interacting with each other. Overtime, the interaction between players would become interdependent because they are dependent on each other’s actions to keep playing the game. Communication is like a game because the ball in the air is always throwing back and fourth, therefore, is like the sender and receiver in communication. However, this communication game doesn’t require a winner or a loser but games sometimes do.