Blog Assignment: Honey Booboo

With the sound turned off:

I chose to watch the TV show: Honey Booboo.  This show is something I rarely watch, but when I do, I get my laughs.  The episode I watched was Mama June (June),Sugar Bear (Mike Thompson), Alana (Honey Booboo), Lauryn, Jessica and Anna preparing themselves for a wedding and this particular day the girls go out looking and shopping for dresses. 

What do you think the characters’ relationships are based on the ways in which they are communicating? The characters’ relationships in this show are very much alike.  They love to play, eat, laugh, talk about each other and have fun with their mom. After entering the boutique, Mama June watched all her girls try all these different styles of dresses on and afterwards they watched her and became emotional when she walked out with her gown on.

What are they feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior you are observing? I feel as though Mama June and Sugar Bear is very much in love.  Their children want to see them get married and be happy, as well as become a family.  It seems as though everyone is on one agreement and wants to make it come true.

With the sound turned on:

What assumptions did you make about the characters and plot based on the ways in which you interpreted the communication you observed? I assumed that Mama June and Sugar Bear was about to tie the knot and live happy ever after.  Based on their communication, I observed that love was in the air and the children were ready for a stepdad.  I enjoy looking at this show and eating popcorn, it really makes you laugh and snort sometimes like them.

Would your assumptions have been more correct if you had been watching a show you know well? There’s a possibility; I feel the more you are familiarize with a show, the more comfortable you are in watching it.  Honey Booboo is a comedy show that is portrayed in real life, it’s amazing how some families live and act this way.

**write about my experience in the blog, what I have learned about communication from this experience and insights or “aha” moments I believe would be helpful to my colleagues. It’s very different when you are watching a television show off than watching one on.  Sometime things are being said and acted out that is not what we think is said or acted.  You have to sit back and wonder what’s really going on and realize that everyone has their own different communication style.