04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sophist, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Magical Creatures In Harry Potter

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: B Householder

Document Summary

Identify the major historical periods in the study of communication, focuses and purposes. Taught concepts that are embodied in the modern idea of debate. The core of modern communication has its origins in the works of the early greek philosophers. Were a group of itinerant teachers in athens who set up small schools and charged pupils for their tutoring. They viewed rhetoric and the practice of public speaking not only as an art but also a legitimate area of study. Philosophers = lovers of wisdom, knowledge is key. Communication was primarily a verbal activity through which speakers tried to persuade- to achieve their own purposed with a listener through skillful constructions of argument and delivery of speaker. His work led to a rediscovery of the classical greek theory. he applied communication to the interpretation of the bible and to the art of preaching which united the practical and theoretical aspects of communication study.