COMM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Formal Language, Logical Consequence

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 101
• Professor: Kyle Tusing

Document Summary

Communication: the study of messages (e. g. department of communication. Communications: the practice of using messages (e. g. cox. Changing context changes the effect and the affect. People believe and trust numbers more than ideas. A logical relationship between two propositions in which if the first proposition is true the second proposition is also true. To imply: to indicate by inference rather than by direct statement. Subtext: other meanings that are also true but not being said. So, an implication is a logical consequence of a message/proposition that is not directly stated by the message/ proposition. The process of creating a meaning between two or more people (tubbs,2013,p. 9) Symbolic system, where everything stands for something else. Shirt, only agreed upon by people) multiple meanings (ex. Analogic codes: symbol system represents the meaning, connection (ex. Overt and covert: overt is what is being said, covert is the behind the scenes, the thinking, preparation.