A Content Analysis of Arguing Behaviors: A Case Study of Romania as Compared to the United States

Ioana A. Cionea Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.Correspondence[email protected]

Ana-Maria Hopârtean Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.

Carrisa S. Hoelscher Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.

Irina A. Ileş Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.

Sara K. Straub Ioana A. Cionea, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Ana-Maria Hopârtean, Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Gestiunea Afacerilor, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Carrisa S. Hoelscher, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma; Irina A. Ileş, Department of Communication, University of Maryland; Sara K. Straub, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington DC, 2013. The authors wish to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have improved the manuscript's quality.

Abstract

This paper examines how arguing behaviors are enacted and structured among members of two cultures. We present the results of a content analysis of Romanian (N = 166) and U.S. American (N = 236) naïve actors' self reports. Differences emerged between the two cultures in respect to topics of argument, argumentation partners, the contextual appropriateness of arguing, the role of arguing, and also within each culture, based on how arguing was conceptualized (i.e., a quarrel or a debate/discussion). No cross-cultural differences were found in the goals people pursued while arguing. The discussion offers a characterization of arguing behaviors in the two cultures. Implications of these results and limitations of the study are also addressed.

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