Blog #7

C-B-S Model stands for Clarity, Brevity, and Sincerity. It puts strong points on the way people act, think, and behave, requires them to be clear, brief, and sincere. According to Lanham, this system represents the standard of human communication. In order for a teller to convey a meaning or understanding to the receiver, the person ought to make the message as clear as possible. This is so that the receiver won't be confused or even worse, misled by the additional, unneccesary information. Another important point would be, the message has to be brief yet to the point. The intention of this is to save the receiver's time for reading and comprehending the information. The sincerity asks the teller to be honest, and not exaggerating information, making it sound big so that the teller will buy every things or information that you propose. The outcome of not being sincere is the lack of trust from the receiver; hence the teller will be marked as a liar, an exquisite one. Based on Lanham's point of view, C-B-S model is definitely not the model that best suits the human communication. (Lanham 139)
I totally agree with Lanham regarding the truth that there's absolutely no way for humans to keep interacting and socializing using the C-B-S model. In my opinion, C-B-S models are good representational system for managing business companies, especially the big companies which acquire the ability to deliver a huge amount of 'complex' products such as HP, AT&T, etc. It is also compatible for representing the work mechanism of ants. A myriad of ants can collaborate well at collecting food (i.e. sugars, pieces of bread, etc) for survival. Due to their tiny body structures, they are taking advantage of their surprisingly massive numbers by passing the food along the members or crews from one place to another. It is clear because they know exactly what kind of food that are edible for them. It is also fast since ants hate to waste time, and it is also honest due to the need to trust every ant not to steal or stealthily put the food at a safe spot, far from their actual domain. However, humans are unique species. We are regarded as special because we have a tool to exert power to evolve physically and mentally, which is our brain. Not just counting on the instincts in which almost all animals have, but we are also having the infinite knowledge storage capacity; and from it we can evolve and advance ourselves over time, generation over generation. Taken from this commonsense, we should know that C-B-S model won't fit our system of daily interaction or socialization. We are obviously social people, and we need h. Plus, we have different characteristics and ways of thinkings. Some of us are smart, hate to waste time but often times careless, and some others are not very intellectual, slow but always reaching goal safely. While these behaviors of ours are very distinct, we presume it is absolutely fine for us to spend more time to talk, to get more clarity from the teller, and we can sometime lie in order to get some benefits or ways out of an urgent situation. Therefore, there's no absolute balance for those three components (clarity, brevity, sincerity). Every single one of us has brain, and we can use it to manipulate those for our own survivals.