Coordinated Management of Meaning as an interpretive theory has four different examples of ways to define it. One way is called reflexivity, which is when “our actions have effects that bounce back and affect us.” In the text, an example about pollution was used. If we don’t recycle, we are actually harming ourselves since we have to breathe in the air that we polluted. This is the same concept as communication. If we pollute the air with mean phrases, or act cruelly towards someone, in the end these actions will bounce back and affect us.
To depict this theory, I chose a scene from the movie, Mean Girls. In this scene, two of the main characters, Regina George and Cady Heron, start fighting in the street outside their school. This is more of a one sided fight because Regina is the one who is yelling at Cady. Regina tells Cady how everyone thinks she is a “homeschooled jungle freak” and calls her other very mean names. However, Regina isn’t even able to finish her sentence because she gets run over by a bus. Even though this is a very extreme example, I thought this scene fit well with the reflexivity process since Regina’s actions and cruel words bounce back around and affect her instantly.

Mean Girls scene