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Chapter 1 - What is COMM?
defining communication
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Undergraduate 1
09/11/2008

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communication

 

Definition
a social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and to interpret meaning in their environment
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Palo Alto team

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a group of scholars who believd that a person "cannot not communicate"

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linear model

Definition

one-way view that assumes a message is sent by a source to a receiver through a channel

- Shannon and Weaver

- most famous

- source, message, receiver, channel, noise

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semantic noise
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linguistic influences on reception of message

- slang, jargon, specialized language

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psychological noise

 

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cognitive influences on reception of message

- the communicator's prejudices, biases, and predispositions toward another or the message

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interactional model
Definition

the sharing of meaning with feedback that links source and receiver

- emphasizes the two-way comm. process between communicators

- ongoing process

- feedback is essential

- field of experience influences communication

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transactional model
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the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages

- fields of experience merge eventually

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lifespace
Definition
group member's psychological environment
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situation contexts
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enivronments limited by a number of issues, including people, space, and feedback
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intrapersonal communication
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communication with oneself

- internal dialogue 

- what goes on inside your head

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interpersonal comunnication
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face-to-face communication between people, most expansive
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synergy
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process that allows for multiple perspectives to be given on issues or events
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organizational communication
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entails interpersonal encounters, public speaking opportunities, small group situations, and mediated experiences
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Hawthorne experiements
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found that workplace productivity increased when changes in environment occurred
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public communication
Definition
dissemination of info from one person to a large group
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