COMM 1025 Lecture Notes - Intentionality, Conversation Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
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Can be judged on the basis of accuracy or usefulness. Abstract or simplified representation of a process. Depicts parts of the process and how they relate. Psychological model: components: sender/receiver, message, channel, encoding/decoding, feedback, noise . Purpose of research: to predict; to find broad-like principles; cause and effect. Pragmatic model: components: partners/interactants, moves/acts, responses, patterns/sequences, relationship. Metaphor: game (you have a goal and you make moves) Effective communication: accomplishing goals of interaction; productive patterns. Purpose of research: describing and identifying the patterns of behavior over time (large scale) Research methods: survey, observation in natural setting, conversation analysis. Social constructionist model: components: people (as representative of culture or society, mostly interested in people, language (symbolic codes, shared meanings (beliefs, values, roles, traditions) Process: mutual, unavoidable influence (whenever we are interacting with anyone, we are exerting influence whether we need to or not)
