Writing Exercise for Comm 128
Write one page examining the defensive climate of Initel
in the movie “The Office Space.” First, define what a defensive climate is and
what a supportive climate is and cite the text as your authority. Provide
examples of how the defensive climate was exhibited and if you saw any
supportive acts (yes, there were some). Point out what was strategic
communication vs. spontaneous: “When
coworkers communicate with each other in ways that obviously are rehearsed, they
establish a defensive climate. People judge them as phony…” (McCornack
409).
If you know how to do it, use internal text citations
and write a Works Cited page. Cite both the film and the text in the works cited
page. If you do not know how to do this, we will go over it in class next
Tuesday. The Works Cited page will bring your assignment for Tuesday to two
pages.
Note: Please
refer to the characters by their names in the film, not their actor’s names. Do
not include the actor’s real name in the discussion. You will find a list of the
characters’ names by Googling “Office Space wiki.”
In
addition, you should be able to find the information needed to write the
citation at Wikipedia.
