CMNS 110- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 110
• Professor: Gary Mc Carron

Document Summary

Monological model: common way to think about cmns = it has a clearly identifiable, single source, one-to-many cmns event = a form of monological cmns. Information highway = expression that suggests messages are vehicles loaded w/goods to be delivered to markets. If we accept cmns is going from 1 place/person to another, then the goal of cmns = ensuring that a message is sent w/o interruption & intact along a medium. Cmns message: transactional model = sees action/reaction as happening all at once, simultaneously. Interaction model = sees cmns as a constant switching of positions: respond after getting one response, which is not common, action model and interaction model = often weak, incomplete pictures, usually a continuous series of info transfer/reception/feedback/response. James carey (american cmns theorist) = borrowed concepts from a variety of theorists (harold. Interested in developing techniques/technologies that can enhance the medium. Transmission in practice: most obvious technique: repetition, e. g.