CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Stress Management, Mass Communication, Personal Identity
12 Feb 2013
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Understanding communications book has description of all assignments. Writing that is fast precise, brief, no bullshit, and persuasion and above all grammatically correct. We are a story telling culture- 90% of people trust regular people compared to authoritative figures. Smart phones, social media, digital communications, search engines- reshaping the world. Building a framework for self-evaluation (personal growth exercise). The process of human beings responding to the symbolic behaviour of others. Communication is a speech act, a relational and symbolic act. I declare you man and wife - you have taken an action as being real, but nobody can touch or feel. Tim"s coffee cup is no more real than declaring someone a criminal. (real idea) Virtual and symbolic things can be as real as the material that we walk on. There has to be another person in the act ( i declare [another person(s)] husband and wife). Something you can identify- a word (something signified meaning- and a signifier).
