Chapter 2

Article 1: Ashida, S., Kaphingst, K.A., Goodman, M., & Schafer, E.J. (2013). Family health history communication: Networks of older adults: Importance of social relationships and disease perceptions. Health Education & Behavior, 40(5): 612-619.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Identify the authors’ suggestion that social relationships can be a determinant in whether family health history is or is not exchanged between or among family members.
2. Identify the authors’ discussion regarding family health history communication networks.
3. Find what the authors’ determined regarding their finding related to “tangible support and the reflection of older adults’ attempt to reciprocate the support they receive, a type of interaction that is very important for older adults’ well-being.”

Article 2: Chen, S. (2013). The responsibilities of communication scholars: A political economy perspective. Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, 13(5): 432-440.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Locate where the author suggests that communication scholars must assume moral responsibility.
2. Identify the author’s suggestions that “no matter whether communication educators are scholars, public intellectuals, or teachers, their foremost responsibility is telling the truth.”
3. Where does the author posit that communication educators should be “skeptical about existing knowledge and the world"?