Talk:Hurtful communication

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 August 2020 and 11 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Morgan Kennon. Peer reviewers: Rciszewski, Kingap21.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 22:43, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Instructor feedback for article draft

The draft is a great start to making a new Wikipedia article. I think there is a lot of potential here and you should consider creating an actual Wikipedia at the end of this project. Here are a few suggestions as you revise for the final submission.

You could add a "lead" section that describes the very basic concept of hurtful communication and position it within the field of communication studies. Some of the content in the background section could be moved to the lead section (such as the first two sentences). Actually, most of the "background" section would fit better in a lead section. The background section should be more about what scholars have developed this area of study and other descriptions about the origins and evolution of studying hurtful communication. The last sentence does not make sense to me and the link for "communication studies" seems out of place.

The "defining hurtful communication" is a good section to include. The citation #8 is misplaced because this sentence describing the category should not need a source. The sentence starting with Vangelisti seems like it is missing a few words to be easier to comprehend. The last sentence in this section could be elaborated. It would be helpful to include some examples in the responses to hurtful communication section.

The application section has a lot of good content, but could be organized more effectively. The Hoskins et al. (2016) research summary seems misplaced in the first paragraph. Maybe a new sub-section for that type of research would be better. The romantic and parent-child sections are appropriate and well-written. Remember to use "communication" as opposed to "communications" throughout. The critique section is good, but I would delete the last sentence.

Remember to use proper APA style in your References section. There are multiple typos, incorrect capitalization, and missing or extra information for the citations (e.g., APA does not use the "retrieved from" information in the citation). Also, try to consolidate the references list by using the Wikipedia reference list template (see the citing sources tutorial on Wiki Edu). For example, there are multiple sources repeated in the article, but they should not be repeated in the References section. The Wiki tutorial should show you how to "re-use" sources. Jrpederson (talk) 20:18, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback and suggestions Dr. Pederson. Bethannecamp74 (talk) 23:32, 20 October 2019 (UTC)BCamp

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Patty Harrison of Middle Georgia State College for proofreading and advice on this article. Bethannecamp74 (talk) 23:38, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Necessary

I think that what's missing on this page is an explanation of how hurtful communications are not merely common, but sometimes absolutely necessary. Imagine:

• "I've been cheating on you."
• "I've decided to file for divorce."
• "Mom, if you keep talking about gay people like that, I'm going to hang up."
• "Dad, it's none of your business, and I don't want to talk about it with you."
• "Boss, I'm quitting."
• "You refuse to shut up about this? Then leave my house!"

These can be, from the viewpoint of the recipient, relationship-betraying "hurtful communications", but they may be absolutely necessary in the process of changing the relationship or setting boundaries. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:07, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

You're right. (Added another example to your list). Just as the right of self-defense does not entitle the attacker to complaints about this defense. Strangely, this aspect tends to simply get forgotten in numerous Wikipedia articles (just look up other examples of concepts of aggressive communication). One gets the impression that, according to these, the only "correct" human is the doormat type. 31.16.250.52 (talk) 14:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC)