COM 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Linguistic Imperialism, Culture Shock, Equity Theory
6 Aug 2016
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Day 1- show up to class on time, take notes, do your work. Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill buddha. Communication ethics- the standards of right and wrong that one applies to messages that are sent and received. How do we determine what is ethical: family, friends, religion, experiences, personal attitudes, values, beliefs, organizational affilition, media, profession/workplace. Principles of ethics: communication is a transaction between two or more persons, each participant in the communication process has ethical responsibilities, you can only be responsible for your part in the process. Issues in com ethics: truthfulness, sharing/withholding information (disclosure, benefit and harm of messages (consequences, absolutism vs. relativism. Absolutism- same standard for everyone in every situation. Communication goals: content- want to get a job, relationship- desire to change or maintain a relationship, identity- how we would like others/ourselves to see us.
