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MDSA02H3 Midterm: MDSA02.docxmidterm exam notes

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scarletkoala554
22 Apr 2012
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UTSC
Department
Media Studies
Course
MDSA02H3
Professor
Michael Petit

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The time world was extended beyond the range of remembered things and the space world beyond the range of known places. Symbols are things whose meaning allows us to conceive, express, and communicate ideas. (ex: black is the symbol of death and the cross for christianity) Signs are things that convey meaning but they differ in carrying narrow and precise information. Symbols and signs are used differently: symbols help us to conceive and reflect on ideas, whereas signs are communication devices bound to action. The use of symbols is a characteristic of human behavior. From beginnings of humanity; symbols have encapsulated the knowledge, experience and beliefs of all people. Humans have also communicated by signs as well. Symbols and signs are a major key to the understanding of cultures. Symbols are ephemeral (lasting a very short time), so they do not survive the societies that create them.

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Related Questions

Which of the following is not a basic component in the communication process?

a. Noise

b. Message source

c. Message receiver

d. Symbols 

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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.