SPCOM204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Perception, Stress Management

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Speech Communication
• Course: SPCOM204
• Professor: Brianna Wiens

Document Summary

Introduction to course; communication fundamentals, the self in communication, intersectionality. In their ( communication is fundamentally a social process and has to involve another social being. By doing things with words, we intentionally and unintentionally create meaning. Symbols : meanings are always changing, but cannot be withdrawn, meaning is co-constituted: all meanings are social and historical products, meaning is simultaneously intentional and incidental, meaning is multidimensional. Watzlawickk, beavin & jackson: one cannot not communicate. Communication is a process of communicating with, not to, others. We are always communicating; however we aren"t always in control of the outcomes of our communication. Communication is situated, based in experience, affected by power differentials, is both ethical and unethical, and has material outcomes. Meaning making is critical, inescapable outcome of communication; thus, we should be aware of our word choices. Readings: communication reading 4; the power of talk . 1- we communicate both (offices spaces, different pay = division of power)