COMM250 MIdterm Review
Review for Exam 1: Intro to Communication Inquiry
Defining Communication
What are the issues involved in defining communication?
A: Does communication have to intentional to be communication? Does it need to have correspondence as in the message sent has to equal the message received. Does the communication accomplish its goal, does there have to be intentionality, is it successful? Does communication have to be honest; should we only study communication that is moral? Does Communication include symbolic actions? Does Communication include cognition, thought and perception; is communication the same thing as thought and perception? Does communication only happen between humans?
Define communication:
A: A process in which individuals use symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment.
Why is it important to define communication?
A: Setting boundaries on behavior in conversations or relationships is necessary in theory building. As a communication student you need to have a basic understanding of the communication process and how communication theory in particular function in your life.
Models of the communication process (know their components and how they differ conceptually)
Linear:
A source: a transmitter of a message that sends a message to a receiver
Message
Receiver: the recipient of the message, also the person who makes sense out of the message
All of this communication takes place in a channel, a channel is the pathway to communication
Channels frequently correspond to the visual, tactile, olfactory, and auditory senses
Noise: anything that is not intended by the informational source, it is a distortion in the channel.
Limited because model presumes that there is only one message in the communication process, communication does not have a definable beginning and ending, and to suggest that communication is one person speaking to another oversimplifies the complex communication process. Listeners are not passive
Defining Communication
What are the issues involved in defining communication?
A: Does communication have to intentional to be communication? Does it need to have correspondence as in the message sent has to equal the message received. Does the communication accomplish its goal, does there have to be intentionality, is it successful? Does communication have to be honest; should we only study communication that is moral? Does Communication include symbolic actions? Does Communication include cognition, thought and perception; is communication the same thing as thought and perception? Does communication only happen between humans?
Define communication:
A: A process in which individuals use symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment.
Why is it important to define communication?
A: Setting boundaries on behavior in conversations or relationships is necessary in theory building. As a communication student you need to have a basic understanding of the communication process and how communication theory in particular function in your life.
Models of the communication process (know their components and how they differ conceptually)
Linear:
A source: a transmitter of a message that sends a message to a receiver
Message
Receiver: the recipient of the message, also the person who makes sense out of the message
All of this communication takes place in a channel, a channel is the pathway to communication
Channels frequently correspond to the visual, tactile, olfactory, and auditory senses
Noise: anything that is not intended by the informational source, it is a distortion in the channel.
Limited because model presumes that there is only one message in the communication process, communication does not have a definable beginning and ending, and to suggest that communication is one person speaking to another oversimplifies the complex communication process. Listeners are not passive