SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Marshall Mcluhan, Sensorium, Xerox

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10 Oct 2012

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UTSG

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St. Michael's College Courses

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SMC219Y1

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Francesco Guardiani

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All tests (multiple choice) will be based on the biagi text. Short essay questions will come from xerox. *****10 books listed are primary critical material for our essays***** Medium used to indicate several expressions of communication ex. Medium helps us understand all forms of human communication. Functions as a plural perception or media of comprehension. Medium is an object something which is external to us. Being in between the middle of our sensorium and the world around us. Distance gives authority to be in the middle to surface identity as a medium. External world is problematic because it can be something outside the solid. Definitely is flexible pacemaker is technically inside the body, but we consider is an external object. We understand things by extending our capacity and our senses in the broadest sense. Our human identity becomes enlarged bigger than itself. Communicating through the senses we need to. We live through the extension of our senses.

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Even though they have been doing it all their lives, people need to study communication simply because it is so complex. As stated in chapter 3 of the book, we all perceive things differently and "perception and communication influence each other, perception shapes our understanding of others' communication and the choices we make in our own communication" (pg. 41). For the reason that the choices we make and the ways that we view things/situations are changing everyday, communication between two individuals also changes and becomes more complex. Though we can communicate in general, how we communicate and what we communicate depends on how we perceive the world around us, making communication not as simple as it seems. As humans, we create broad categories of things (prototypes) and place people into them (Wood pg. 43). We then go on to create a more detailed assessment (a personal construct) where we measure a person or situation with a certain dimension of judgment (Wood pg. 43). We also place people and situations into stereotypes by making predictive generalizations or simply predicting what the personal/situation will be like or what will happen (Wood pg. 43). With all of these components to a basic path of communicating with others, it's hard to not see why we would study our complex underlying system of human communication. Not only do we make assumptions, but we base our thoughts/actions off of those assumptions which can then all be interpreted differently among various individuals. We study communication to try and dissect all of these interpretations and perceptions of others "to make sense of experience and to predict how we and others will act" (Wood pg. 45). Sometimes we follow a script or just simply act a specific way in a specific situation (like greeting someone and telling them your name) (Wood pg. 45). However, not everyone follows these scripts which just adds to the complexity of communication between us all.

Compare your understanding of professional communications atmidterm with your understanding of the topic before you started thecourse. Share something from the last five weeks that stood out toyou - or surprised you. Will this realization change the way youcommunicate?

Communication is a skill that develops over time. Where do youenvision your professional communication skills at the end of thiscourse? What goal will you set out to achieve by Week 11?

Looking at the next several weeks, what aspect of the class areyou most looking forward to learning?

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Communication skill is the vital for all aspects of our lives; from personal to professional, our lives function because of it. The way someone communicates could entirely differ from the other. But communication is really just a way of establishing relationships. Communication is not only an exchange of words. But at the same time the body is also saying a lot more than the words. Our gestures, hand movements do a lot of the talking for ourselves. This gets a whole lot complex when the interaction is among a diverse community. With different cultural backgrounds, different beliefs and perspectives, the message can be hard to interpret and/or examined. In order to have a positive impact of all the communications and interactions we might have with an individual possessing a different mind-set and culture. We must champion progressive thinking; to listen thoughtfully, debate tolerantly, to freely voice their ideas, and to let others voice theirs and avoid any seeming judgement. John Dewey a pragmatic philosopher and professor at University of Chicago was also a firm believer in progressive thinking mainly influenced by the political times he was living in(WWII). As a communication professional he realized the importance of understanding the reasons behind growing prejudice and hate among certain social groups, and the changes in attitudes and beliefs. (Julia T. Wood; Communication Mosaics; Text. Chapter 2; pg 27)In todayâs diverse world; progression is up another level; awareness of individual differences is extremely important to have an effective communication. This will enable people to have a deeper connection with people who differ from them in some way or the other. Not only will this help in creating relations but also bridging gaps and solving problems that might occur along the way in our lives.

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