COM 225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: American Sign Language, Chauvinism, Interpersonal Communication
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How is this a barrier to communication? (p. 4: communicative chauvinism is the belief that everyone else thinks and acts as we do. If we aren"t sensitive to other cultures and don"t find a common ground, we are unable to communicate. Cooperation and coordination is necessary to avoid a communication barrier: what is the point of defining something (p. 5), the point of defining something is to set boundaries. A definition focuses the attention of people towards a particular part in that definition. A good definition should provide the reader with a useful guide for further study: how do the authors define communication? (p. 5, communication is a complex process and has various definitions. Its definition is widely debated but some authors say communication is a process where people create and regulate the social reality. We categorize objects and activities as either a thing (unchanging) or a process.
