COM CO 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Transmedia Storytelling, Participatory Culture, Directv
27 Apr 2016
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Language is a collection of symbols governed by rules and used to convey messages between individuals . Language is a choice-driven activity, and it is often an indicator of education, background, and experience of a person. Language can: shape and reflect attitude. Feet, miles, meters: language drives our understanding of time (hours, minutes, daylight savings) arbitrary) Language is flawed: it is a human concept, and humans are flawed. Human creators, human users, human teachers, human misusers: language is arbitrary, language reflects , but not always accurately. Nonverbal symbols alter/create reality: pictures change details of events as more is understood, or as different people interpret them. Advertisements, wordless commercials you don"t need words, but you still fully understand the message. Nonverbal symbols include: wordless way of making you feel a certain way (ex. Opening of the movie, up: vocalics, visuals, kinesics, provemics, haptics, artifacts. Proxemics: establishes parameters of relationships, context based, culturally based.
