COMM 1101 Lecture 2: COMM 1101A - Lecture Notes "Communication" - Sept 15.docx
1 Dec 2014
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Use communication to get things done and solve problems. We communicate all the time whether we mean to or not; body language/facial expressions, the way we dress, even with silence. As communication scholars, we believe that human social being is fundamentally communicative. Harold lasswell: who says what to whom in what channel with what effect? : when we come across communication, you can use this phrase to figure out communication studies. Can change relations between speaker and audience: channel means with which you communicate (texting, blogging, speaking, effect what happens because the communication happened. Every model is normative: when we claim to be describing something, you are saying that the way you want it to be your own opinions/assumptions. Cared about what was said and how. Ritual view of communication (james w. carey: uses communication as if it was a ritual. Christianity, participating in mass in the community: uses communication as if it was a shared experience.
