COMM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jimmy Fallon, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Media
11 Jan 2017
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Communication is a balance between choices (rhetorical) and constraints (cultural) put on you. An evaluation backed up by power is an ideology: ideology is important b/c communication acts are ideological linked when you make certain choices, you are evaluated. Code: communication are codes or systems of meaning. Women usually change their names when they get married in the u. s. We still have a dream march to the white house. Asl used to communicate while hearing people stand helplessly covering their ears: moral codes: You must eat many foods with forks or you"re a savage. You must be monogamous to be in a serious relationship. You don"t break up with someone over facebook. Four dimensions: be able to recognize them, plus media (triangle, specifics from readings as noted below) and public discourse ( deaf. Media triangle: text, institution, audience technology is at all 3 corners of the medium. Public discourse=language+images+symbolism=power: dpn: asl+poster on capital+ deaf people communicating over the hearing =
