CMN 2130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethnocentrism, Expectancy Violations Theory, Computer-Mediated Communication
9 Apr 2013
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It will involved both information from the lecture slides, as well as the textbook and the videos (note: there won"t be anything on alzheimer"s) Unless you live in isolation, you communicate interpersonally every day. It"s impossible not to communicate with others (we cannot not communicate) Occurs when you treat people as unique human beings. The interaction contains a true dialogue and honest sharing of self with others. Predisposition to communicate in a certain way (it"s in our genes: context & culture, emotions in communication (how does it impact how we communicate, how do we manage them, etc. ) Debilitating emotions: can cause you to have a disabling meltdown: know the difference between different concepts, semantics: the meaning behind the words. The meaning of words may be interpreted in different ways. Perception, information, culture, etc: collectivist culture, symbolic action, linguistic determinism, malapropism, edward hall: theory of encoding & decoding.
