Production and Reproduction (ch. 18)

The whole point of group communication is to find a way to promote some kind of change, or at least to find a way to reinforce ideas that are already in place. It is all based on finding some form of change within your group or community. In my sorority, we constantly try to find new ways to either promote a new change or reinforce the rules that are already set in placed in our rules and regulations. Every fall, a selected few get together and go over these rules and regulations to see if there is a way we can change certain things or find new ways to reinforce the rules that are already set in place. There have been many instances where we have had to create new rules because of certain events that had happened or because of changes we wanted to see happen. There was one rule on how we should regulate community service hours for the girls in the organization. For a long time we used the honor system which I'm sure you know doesn't always work, which is why we needed a new way to regulate these hours. Some girls wanted to keep it the way it was, but many of us wanted to change it. We decided to create a log-in system each month where girls would go to their community service site, get their hours signed off by a supervisor, and then turn them in to us at the end of the month. So far, it has worked splendidly, with some kinks that need to be worked out in time. It is just an example of how we produce and idea in order to promote a change within our organization.