CMST 1061 Chapter : CMST 1061
Document Summary
Communication verbal, non-verbal: giving, conveying or exchanging information through words, sounds, signs or writing. Basic model of communication has sender and receiver. Elements: sender communicator conveys meaning, receiver, channel pathway, message assigned meaning, feedback- info you get back from message, noise interferes with message, environment communicate different in different situations. Insights to the model: 1. ) communication is simultaneous, 2. ) meanings exist in and among people, semantic, denotative/ connotative, 3. ) environment/context, noise, physical external to speaker, physiological physical barriers with in the person. Misconceptions: 1. ) not all comm seeks understanding, 2. ) more is not always better, somethings better left unsaid, 3. ) comm will not solve all problems, 4. ) effective comm is not natural ability. Features: process, consists of creating + responding to messages, involves adapting. Methods: visual, tactile or touch, smell/taste, auditory/sound. Book: 4 categories = agent, audience, message, meaning. Presented the issue in the best way that they could. Focused on style and presentation at expense of truth.
