[COMM 175] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 13 pages long Study Guide!
5 Oct 2016
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Communication: a social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment. Social: the notion that people and interactions are part of the communication process. (all communication is social) Process: the act of an ongoing and dynamic occurrence. Symbol: an arbitrary representation of something else, a word or an image that represents a thing, thought, or action. Certain symbols have vary in meaning for different people. Environment: situation of context in which communication occurs. Models: simplified representations of the communication process: the linear model (shannon and weaver 1949) Noise: semantic, physical, psychological, and physiological distractions in the channel not intended by source: the interaction model. Feedback: communication given to the source by the receiver to indicate understanding: transaction model (communication as the simultaneous sending & receiving messages) Field of experience: overlap of sender"s & receiver"s culture, experience, and heredity in communication. Ethics: the perceived rightness or wrongness of an action or behavior.
