Essential Terms

A role played by media producers who decide what stories will be broadcast to the public

Methods for arriving at a choice include consensus, voting, compromise, and authority rule

The five stages of group growth: forming, storming, norming, performing, and terminating

Categorized behaviors within groups: task (goal-focused), social-emotional (harmony-focused), procedural (rule-focused), and individual (self-centered)

A phenomenon where group members make poor choices to keep the peace or appease a leader, often negatively affecting decision-making