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Communication
Undergraduate 2
02/16/2010

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Communication
Definition
A meaningful exchange of symbols, a process; contextual, irreversible, has content + relational dimensions, transactual, and intentional
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Components of comm process
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People, message, channel, feedback, context, noise
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Content in comm
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you mean something
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relational
Definition
relationship is evident between ones communicating
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Noise/ interference
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Anything that gets in the way of the message
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Semantic interference
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Psychological interruption ie biases or distractions
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technical interference
Definition
a physical interuption
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linear model
Definition
lacks feedback and is only one way no interdependance
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transactional model
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lacks the option of noise/interference
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new model
Definition
has all of the options
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Levels context of communication
Definition
intrapersonal, interpersonal, intercultural, small group, public comm, organizational comm, mass comm
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Scientific method
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empirical, objective, logical, and public
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intrapersonal
Definition
talking to self
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Public comm
Definition
1 or few individuals to a group
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Three types of research designs
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Survey research, content analysis, and experimental research
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Survey research
Definition
examines what people think or do; no control; no causal conclusions.
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content analysis
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analysis of content of communication message;gol is to describe media content;compare content to real world; no info about effects
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experimental research
Definition
manipulation of variables and control of one variable to measure outcome; shows causal conclusions; limited subject pop and hard to generalize; artificial setting.
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perception 3 steps
Definition
selection organization interpretation
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perception filters
Definition
perceptual( limits senses) psychological(motivation or desire)
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selective attention
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the ability to process certain parts of stimuli while filtering the other
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Attribution
Definition
assigning meaning to others behaviors. biased bc we focus on the person + context of situation
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self concept
Definition
relaticely stable impression of yourself
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social comparison
Definition
how we compare ourself to others to form our own self concept
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implicit personality theory
Definition
how we select and organize info about others on the basis of what behaviors we think go together
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principle of unity
Definition
we organize traits and explain away inconsistent ifo
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central traits
Definition
traits that are more influential than others when forming impressions of personality
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impression formation
Definition
the way we combine info to get a general sense of a person
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Three linguistic rules
Definition
semantic, syntactic, pragmatic
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Two types of meaning
Definition
denotative(dictionary meaning) connotative(emotional evaluative meaning)
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whorfian hypothesis
Definition
language influences how people view the world.
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codeswitching
Definition
the concurrent use of using more than one language or variety in convo
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euphemism
Definition
a word used in place of an offensive word
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expressive vocab
Definition
the ability to encode or send
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receptive vocab
Definition
the ability to decode or recieve. occurs at a faster rate
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kinesics
Definition
the study of gestures + facial expressions
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proxemics
Definition
space distance and territory
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oculesics
Definition
eye gaze
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haptics
Definition
touch
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paralanguage
Definition
study of vocal cues that arent words
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objectics
Definition
personal experience
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chronemics
Definition
communication through the use of time
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halls proxemics
Definition
intimate 0-18" personal 18-4 social 4-12 public 12+
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illustrators
Definition
show and accompany words;kinesics
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emblems
Definition
substitute for words;affect displays; kinesics
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adapters
Definition
habits and small gestures without inherent meaning
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