There are several advantages and disadvantages to using social media in general. First‚ I’ll go over some of the advantages that I’ve noticed in it. It’s a quick convenient way to keep in contact with family and friends. Through instant messaging and various other tools given on the site you are able to chat with and share your life events with them. Another is that you can meet new people in an environment that is safer than some of the bar scenes and such. With it being a controlled environment
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Basic Communication Theory All theories in mass comm are based on basic comm theory S---M----R “Aberrant decoding” or “encoding” Encoding and Decoding the process of converting abstract thoughts into symbols so that they can be sent is called encoding the process of reconverting those symbols back into abstract thoughts is called decoding We need to understand the relationship between the message‚ sender‚ and the CHANNEL Always mediated‚ there are always forces at work on the message.
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Theories has different definitions to it such as‚ “Theory is a coherent group of tested general propositions‚ commonly regarded as correct‚ that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena”‚ as well as “Theory is a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation‚ in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual facts”. (“theory”‚ n.d.). Theories in communication are essential
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Theories of communication Communication cycle: The communication theory was created by Michael Argyle (1972) and he said that interpersonal skills/communication was a skill that can be learnt. To aid this Michael made a communication cycle which they are free to use until they become fluent in communicating. The communicating cycle includes When an idea occurs- this is when you have an idea that you want to communicate with someone. Message coded- this involves thinking through how you’re going
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Theory on Communication From the time when we are very young our parents talk to us in a manner that is usually joyful‚ amusing‚ intelligent‚ and comforting. When we need to be disciplined our parents tone changes in a manner that we automatically know when we did‚ or said something wrong. Parents and other adults are the key motivators to perform speaking techniques well‚ and correctly. My theory is‚parents teach us speaking techniques along with manners that have been passed down to them from
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Social Media and Social Issues – A study on the role of social media in shaping and publicizing Social issues Mohana Sudhan Mayilsamy‚ Assistant Professor‚ School of Communication‚ Dr. G. R. Damodaran College of Science‚ Avinashi Road‚ Coimbatore - 641014. e-mail:sudhanwarrior@gmail.com‚ Mobile: 9944223455‚ Fax: 0422-2591865. Abstract Social media‚ especially social Networking Sites are turning up as an essential mode of interactive and informing media in the recent past. Especially
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Theories of communication. Over the course of time the question of what the essential features of communication are has been discussed from many different angles. It appears to have always been a common view that communication somehow involves transferring thoughts from one mind to another. Even in antiquity it was nevertheless recognized that all sorts of aspects of language are purely matters of convention‚ so that shared conventions are necessary for verbal communication to be possible. In the
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Sinclair Andrew Carreiro Brandon Mina - 0659177 December 8‚ 2009 Social Media and Social Change: A Closer Look at the Revolutionary Qualities of Social Media In Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man‚ Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase‚ "the medium is the message" (McLuhan). McLuhan suggests that messages are greatly affected by the medium in which they are delivered. Messages must be received in the proper channel to create social change. On July 21‚ 1969‚ the American astronaut Neil Armstrong
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Social Media and the Evolution of Corporate Communications by Laura Matthews — 17 Social Media and the Evolution of Corporate Communications Laura Matthews* Senior majoring in Corporate Communications Elon University Abstract Social media has revolutionized corporate communications‚ rapidly changing the way that public relations campaigns or programs are distributed and measured. Rather than the traditional method of pure output‚ social media has forced corporate communications to shift to
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Abstract The Effects of Facebook Communication on Social Penetration Theory This paper examines a possible study to measure how CMC -- specifically Facebook communication -- is changing and evolving social penetration theory (Altman & Taylor‚ 1973). More specifically‚ the surveys are designed to determine if self-disclosure is happening more quickly in Facebook relationships. Altman and Taylor examine the stages of self-disclosure in social penetration theory and this study will determine if the
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