Blog 13- Cultural Stories

Transcript 1:

A: did you ever have a text exchange that made you very angry? Laughing-

S:laughing- yes plenty of times

A: Can you describe one?

S: um (7:30) does it have to be does it have to be- an angry situation or can it be the context of a text that got me mad?

A: it can be any. If you weren’t getting the right feedback emotion-?

S: Well the L other day I had a text conversation with my lovely boyfriend on how long he takes to write back to my text messages and S- Im the kinda person where if im home and im not busy my phone is always on me- and with me all the time all the time. So hes the complet opposite and it takes him a long time to write back to me. So I L said to him one day I understand youre not a fan of texting but if I had a dollar for every time, every minute, I’d be rich. And hell give me an excuse like oh I wasn’t paying attention to my phone or oh this – and it made me very angry.

1. key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant refers to a "time"

green (Causality)- sequence of story

blue- Switch on inside of voice

red- cause an effect of situation

2. Cultural story:

In general, some people take texting much more serious than others, and time plays a factor.

3. Focus:

 From this excerpt, I may use it to point out that time means everything when it comes to texting, or simply nothing. Some value it to the point in which they can get angry if the person they are texting doesn't view it as they do. Down to the point, time and texting can cause problems.

 

Transcript 2:

A: Is there anything we didn’t talk about that youd like to mention about that? What about it didn’t go the way you wanted it to?

S: all the time, L all the time. I feel like people I fee like um people  that text often they kinda before they get a reply from whoever they are talking to they kinda make up the conversation in your head of how they would want it to go (11:57)

A: okay

S: And 90 percent of the time the response isn’t what you though it would be. So a lot of the times  L you know youll get a feeling, you know not a good feeling, you know youll look at your phone and you’ll expect a certain response to a certain text from a certain person. Like maybe,  L (maybe you told your boyfriend oh I love you so much and you expect back oh I love you too with a smiley face and a heart but all you get is love you too (12:25)

1. Key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant makes a point in tone

green (Causality)- sequence of story

red- cause an effect of situation

purple- participant makes an inference, but itsn't fully sure

2. Cultural Story:

People generally have an idea on what the other person is going to say, before they say it.

3. Focus:

The focus of this transcript is people generally have an idea of what the other person behind the other cell phone is going to say. However, they also realize that most of the time they thought wrong. Texters can get worked up over expectations, but also realize the reality.

Transcript 3:

A: Okay so it has nothing to do with emotions over text?

S: I think L um it would be easier to experience the emotions with breaking up with someone and other serious conversations like that in person, just so they can see how you really feel. And it’s not just words there’s tone of voice there’s physical. L Like you can’t cry over a text message. You could put a sad face with a tear but the person doesn’t actually see your pain and stuff. (3:52)

A: Oh okay so you don’t, so okay let me see if I understand. You say you can read emotion through text, but at the same time youre saying that you can’t? (4:09)

S: There’s instances where L where  where I, L I think that you can definitely relay emotions through texts if you tell someone I’m crying I’m so hurt, they will understand. But in situations where you shouldn’t be having the conversation over text than it should be by face its, I think, its L it is better. It’s not where you can,L I think you can, you can get emotion through text it’s the matter of doing the right thing and having certain conversations face to face. (4:43)

1. key:

L- stands for language being changed, participant refers to a "time"

green (Causality)- sequence of story

blue- Switch on inside of voice

red- cause an effect of situation

purple- personal feeling

2. Cultural Story:

People can relay emotion through text to a certain extent.

People can’t relay emotion through text if it’s a serious conversation

3. Focus:

From this transcript, I can relay that to a certain extent, people can relay emotions through text but only to a certain point if they write word to word how they feel. However, it is much easier to see someone face to face. You can see physical gestures and hear the tone of that person’s voice. Overall, if a conversation is serious, people generally feel that it should be done face to face out of having respect.