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| Characteristics of Communication |
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| Communication is a process, it is human, it is shared, it is symbolic. Creates realities |
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| Kenneth Burke, the words we choose reflect and shape our attitudes. Language is symbolic action. We can reflect or deflect reality. |
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| Suzanne Langer, Our understanding of the world around us is dictated by language. Language drives our understanding of space and time |
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| characteristics of symbols |
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| verbal, nonverbal. symbols are flexible, arbitray, useful, powerful |
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| Transactional Model of Communication |
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| sender and receiver, idea/concept, medium channel, sender encodes, receiver decodes, feedback, fields of experience, context/environment, noise |
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kenneth burke: symbol users, misusers and creators inventors of the negative, goaded by the spirit of hierarchy, separated from natural condition by instruments of their own making, rotten with perfection
university mouse college
inventors of numh
spirit goats hierachy
separet from nature
rotten perfection |
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| categories of communication |
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intrapersonal: with yourself
dyadic: two people
small group: contributing members
public: communication uneven, one speaking to large group
mass: communication through electronic or print media |
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| fucntions of communications |
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| physical needs (terminal cancer isolate people), identity needs, social needs, practical needs |
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| cognitive dissonance theory |
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| humans do not like adversity, when faced with an experience of dissonance, we resassure ourselves by altering our original belief. Cognitive dissonance as a persuasive strategy |
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| agenda setting, news media chooses what stories to cover, how and when. They are gatekeepers. Control how we perceive news |
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| news media prepares the audience on how to receive information and interpret communication |
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| 1) the press and the media do not reflect reality; they filter and shape it; (2) media concentration on a few issues and subjects leads the public to perceive those issues as more important than other issues |
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| most widely shared meaning, attempts to be objective, akin to dictionary definiiion |
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| more emotionally charged meaning, includes interpretive value, often based on personal experience includes socially charged meaning |
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| linear, chronological, orderly i.e. words, mathmatical equestions,order matters. Discursive influences: ruels based, rational/reason. easier forbulding arguments, allows for varying level of precision. emotional appeals take more time/effort |
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| complete, multifaceted, presented whole, painting photography, sculpputre. order is less important. influences: more readily elicit emotions, not as obviously rule based, less overtly rational, prone to more varied interpretations, precision still invites multiple readings, arguments are more challenging to make clear |
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| shapes and reflects attitudes, creates and alters our reality. a system of symbols goverened by rules and used to convery messages between individuals |
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| notion that the worldview of a culture is shaped and reflected by the language its members speak |
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| the underlying, implicit meaning of a message |
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aristotle, ehtos pathos logos.
ethos: nature of the source, credibility
pathos: emotions of audience
logos: nature of the message, logic and reason |
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| aristotle, evidence that exists outside of the message ie statistics, examples, testimony |
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| people tend to remain silence when they fear they are in the minority. 1) people have a "quasi-statistical organ," a sixth-sense if you will, which allows them to know the prevailing public opinion, even without access to polls, 2) people have a fear of isolation and know what behaviors will increase their likelihood of being socially isolated, and 3) people are reticent to express their minority views, primarily out of fear of being isolated. |
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| six C's of effective language use |
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Clear: say what you mean
Concise: nothing unnecessary
Creative (colorful): make yourself interesting
Culturally sensitive: know your audience
correct:
concrete |
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| Nonverbal influences on meaning |
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| distance zones, the way we use space |
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movement of body,
emblem: stand alone, thumbs up
illustrator: body movement accompany
regulator: guide conversation, nod
adaptors: satisfy physical needs, yawn
affect displays: express emotions, smile |
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| functions of nonverbal codes |
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| structuring and regulation interaction, creating and managing identities and impressions, communicating emotions, defining and managing relationships, influencing others, deceiving others |
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| taking something form someone for your own use, typically witout their consent, remakes and paraodies |
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| art, taking whats available. coutner pricolage...mainstream industries taking symbols to look cool |
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| marx says those who control the media control ideology. ideology is imaginary relationship between individual and and their real conditions of existence. |
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effective communication skills that enhance the relationship in which it occurs.
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wide range of behavior
ability to choose most appropriate behavior
skill at performing behavior
empathy/perspective tasking
cognitive complexity, see different solutions
self-monitering: be aware ofyour own behavior
committment to relationship |
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| equivocal language (more than one interpretation), relative words (comparison), slang and jargon, overly abstract language |
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touch
fucntional/professional
social/polite
freidnship/warmtj
love/intimacy |
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| look attentive when teach is talking, nonverbal actions that are expected |
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| rate of speech, pause, etc. |
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| communication with the intent to persuade, speaking in court |
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| more eastern, cooperating, sharing ideas. keeping face |
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| interrupting the viewer and drawing them in |
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| the biological factors that influence an individuals communication behaviors and verbal traits |
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| deliberately vague statement that can be interpreted indifferent ways |
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| the ability to view a concept from a variety of different media |
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| the leading message, dominant |
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| arbitrary and flexible nature of symbols, complex cognitive structures of humans, ability to create symbols, heavy reliance on symbols |
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| linguistic relativism, language is a reflection cultures priorities and language influences perspective of culture |
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| communication misconceptions |
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| not always completely understood, will no solve all problems, isn't always a good thing, meaning rest in people, not words, more communication isn't always better |
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| Selective exposure theory is a theory of communication, positing that individuals prefer exposure to arguments supporting their position over those supporting other positions |
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