After reading chapter 11 I believe that communications
majors would make good mediators because we understand people and are able to
relate to a broad amount of people. We understand emotions and how people are
feeling, and are able to relate to them. Throughout my communication class thus
far I feel like I have become a pretty good mediator of conflict. I know how to
express myself and solve conflicts quickly. Communications majors are good
speakers and know how to make people understand them and relate to them, and
that is why we are good mediators. On the other hand, lawyers and psychotherapists
would not be good mediators because their job is to stick up for a single
person or group. There is no mediating between two things in their job. They
are taught to only take one side of a story into account and defend that side
of things. A good mediator must take everything into account and figure out
what is best for everyone.
Great post! I like how you elaborated on how communication majors are in general good mediators instead of saying we would make good mediators; that's what makes communication majors awesome! More so however, it is certainly true that lawyers and psychotherapists would have difficulty trying to be mediators because they are trained to speak solely on the behalf of one person or a single group. Everyone has to see all sides to a situation and be able to let others express their emotion without being biased otherwise conflict does not resolve itself effectively. This also I believe accounts for why trials in general end up with an outcome no one wanted (Casey Anthony) and why they are mainly win/lose situations.
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